Keeping Cool: Training to Reduce Heat Stress Incidents

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bauerle, Timothy ; Connor B ; DuBose W ; Mallett L ; Poplin G ; Victoroff T ; Yeoman, Kristin
• Description:
  Keeping Cool is a training module that will help workers recognize the signs of heat-related illness and provide appropriate first aid. Heat can affect workers differently and can even affect the same worker differently on different days. Miners need to know what puts them at risk, what they can do to reduce their risk, and how to recognize and respond to the signs of heat-related illness. The core of this training is Activities 1 & 2, where learners assess the risk of heat-related illness for fictional crew members and determine appropriate first aid based on crew member symptoms. Six characters are included in the module. Instructors can create additional characters to expand the module or target a specific audience. Keeping Cool also includes an interview with a worker and supervisors regarding a heat-related incident, along with a section explaining the impact heat has on the body. The module was designed to be led by an instructor with an active training approach where participants are guided through practice activities at the start of the session. However, the training would also be valuable when reviewed by individual learners. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  First Aid Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Education And Training First Aid Heat Heat Exposure Heat Stress Hot Environments Mining Industry Training
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023131
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Software
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division ; SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division ; WSD - Western States Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067170
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2023-131, 2023 Mar; :software
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:66ad69c3d0b75da93ee32673352d2e98564937575abcc2731a55dd8845b7e8affdfb86342ac7fe551cd49f88802d079c055329cf161f12033cce8bb414a47c78
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210239/cdc_210239_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 71.99 KB ]