OSHA-NIOSH Info Sheet: Protecting Workers from Heat Illness

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  At times, workers may be required to work in hot environments for long periods. When the human body is unable to maintain a normal temperature, heat-related illnesses can occur and may result in death. This fact sheet provides information to employers on measures they should take to prevent heat-related illnesses and death. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Movements Body Fluids Body Temperature Delivery Of Health Care Emergencies Emergency Responders Heat Exhaustion Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Humidity Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Temperature Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Hot-environments; Heat; Heat-stress; Heat-stroke; Heat-exhaustion; Heat-exposure; Work-environment; Employee-exposure; Safety-measures; Body-fluids; Body-temperature; Humans; Emergency-response; Emergency-treatment; Medical-care; Outdoors; Temperature-effects; Humidity; Air-flow; Potable-water; Injury-prevention; Disease-prevention
• Source:
  Washington, DC: 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. 2011-174, 2011 May; :1-3
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Fact Sheet
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038811
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c9973bba1ffe75f2bd87e6884680009be63f1917712622c076cec2b28b67b6e16e089d4681009c1afeda5d4c102f83928872795af5297cb818bdfb41690fb47
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5950/cdc_5950_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 218.16 KB ]