['Heat and Cold Exposure']
['Heat Stress', 'Heat and Cold Exposure', 'Extreme Temperature Preparation']
07/22/2024
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The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) has adopted standards for heat injury and illness prevention that go beyond the requirements of OSHA’s General Duty Clause. The standard applies anywhere (indoors or out) that employees are working and the heat index equals or exceeds 80 degrees Fahrenheit. There are exceptions, such as for employees while working in emergency services, or in environments where they are not required to work in hot conditions for more than 15 minutes in any 60-minute period.
Employers must provide:
- Adequate access to cool drinking water and the opportunity for workers to drink it;
- Access to shaded areas for recovery and rest periods;
- Engineering controls (such as fans or air conditioning) and work practice controls (such as scheduling work during cooler parts of the day) to reduce workers’ exposure to heat;
- A means of communications so that workers may contact a supervisor at any time to report heat injury or illness;
- An acclimatization plan that allows workers to gradually adapt to work in high-heat conditions;
- A heat illness prevention plan;
- Worker/supervisor training on heat illness prevention; and more.
Related information
Citations
- Oregon Admin. Rule 437-002-0156 Heat Illness Prevention
- Federal regulation 29 USC 654
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