OSHA-NIOSH heat safety tool app.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Description:
  The OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool application is a useful resource for planning outdoor work activities based on how hot it feels throughout the day. Featuring real-time heat index and hourly forecasts, specific to your location, as well as occupational safety and health recommendations from OSHA and NIOSH. The OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool application features: 1) A visual indicator of the current heat index and associated risk levels specific to your current geographical location; 2) Precautionary recommendations specific to heat index-associated risk levels; 3) An interactive, hourly forecast of heat index values, risk level, and recommendations for planning outdoor work activities in advance; 4) Editable location, temperature, and humidity controls for calculation of variable conditions; and 5) Signs and symptoms and first aid information for heat-related illnesses.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Emergencies Laboratories Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Cell Phones Climate Change Climatic Conditions Climatic Effects Climatic Factors Computer Programs Computer Software Electronic Devices Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring First Aid Geographic Information Systems Heat Heat Exposure Heat Regulation Heat Stress Heat Stroke Heat Tolerance Heat Treatment Mobile Equipment Outdoors Outdoor Workers Recommendations Risk Factors Social Media Visual Aids Visual Images

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Mobile App
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  Mobile App
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049888
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2017 May; :Mobile App
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing ; Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:818d258741e336847e532af922ea0e211a85f709358234f4a4507e07fc2ac3055be90795ac9180a9034ca5dbbaf526fd4ca42a1678becbf63b65696c1304b656
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181714/cdc_181714_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 224.61 KB ]