Heat education & awareness tools (HEAT): a train-the-trainer guide for the identification, prevention, and treatment of heat illness in outdoor agricultural workers.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  University of Washington. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
• Description:
  This book is a tool for educators, community health advisors, and workplace managers and supervisors for delivering education on the identification, prevention and treatment of heat illness. The book is designed to be interactive and comprehensive and for use in a classroom setting or in the field. There are 6 topics in this book, each with a visual aid that can printed as a poster or handout or projected on a screen. The following are descriptions of the topics and visual aids: 1. Types of heat illness and treatments The types of heat illness are listed with symptoms depicted in the illustrations. The types of heat illness are on a color coded background, from mild to severe. Recommended treatments are listed next to each type. 2. Risk factors for heat illness Three categories of risk factors for heat illness are represented: personal, work-related, and weather-related factors. Specific risk factors are shown within each category. 3. Clothing for work in hot weather Photos of workers in different clothing ensembles are shown. The appropriate clothing ensembles for working in the heat are in the light green box under the green check mark. The clothing ensembles that are not recommended for working in the heat are in the light red box under the red 'x'. 4. Staying hydrated at work Quantities of water are shown using two different containers: an eight-ounce bottle and a four-ounce cone. The recommended amount of water that should be consumed during hot weather is shown at the bottom with color-coded emoji drops above each quantity. The colors and facial expressions on the emoji drops represent the urine color and hydration level, with the lightest yellow happy face being the most hydrated and the darkest yellow face with 'x' eyes being the most dehydrated. Each bottle represents eight ounces of water, and the number of bottles is how much a worker needs to drink each hour in hot weather to remain at the hydration level represented by the color-coded emoji drop. 5. Personal protective equipment (PPE) and heat Workers are shown in different types of personal protective equipment (PPE) as well as regular work clothes. The number of thermometers next to each type of PPE symbolizes how hot a worker can get wearing that type of PPE compared to regular work clothes. 6. Keeping cool in the home and community Images of inside and outside of the home are shown with recommendations on how to keep cool in the heat. Icons of places to go in the community to keep cool are shown at the bottom. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Hot Temperature Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural industry; Safety education; Agriculture; Worker safety; Heat exposure; Outdoor workers; Personal protective equipment; PPE; Protective clothing; Farm workers
• Publisher:
  University of Washington
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-30
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065413
• Citation:
  Seattle, WA: University of Washington, 2020 Jun; :1-30
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Heat education & awareness tools (HEAT): a train-the-trainer guide for the identification, prevention, and treatment of heat illness in outdoor agricultural workers
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a89c07414241c5aebc080e0d91d3ec0f832bc087877c71a56dc33bb98120c3dd410e3b53645263d586df79a72d0ca3c95e7a9541491bb2a688a85cd7cd75ae7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248971/cdc_248971_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.39 MB ]