Trindel Insurance Fund Cal OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Regulation

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Trindel Insurance FundCal OSHAHeat Illness
Prevention Regulation

• Presented by
• Gene Herndon
• Trindel Insurance Fund Safety Officer

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What do you need to do?

• Identify and recognize the workplace hazard
• Remediate the hazard
• Train employees and supervisors
• Include in department code of safe practices
• Nothing new really!

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Now for the specifics ofCalifornia Code of
Regulations, Title 8, Section 3395 Heat Illness
Prevention
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Where does it apply

• To all outdoor work places
• When the environmental risks exists

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Other Regulations that apply

• Title 8 of CCR, General Industry, 3203 requiring
  written Injury and Illness Prevention Program
• Title 8 of CCR Construction,1524. requiring
  providing drinking water
• Title 8 of CCR Construction, First Aid and
  Emergency response

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What are the environmental risk factors for heat
illness?

• Air Temperature
• Relative Humidity
• Radiant heat from sun and other sources
• Conductive heat sources
• Air movement
• Workload severity and duration
• Protective clothing and personal protective
  equipment

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How to determine if risk factors are present

• Time of year, April October
• Actual weather conditions
• Heat index

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How to determine if risk factors are present

• Significant risk
• Above 80 degrees F working in sun
• Above 90 degrees F working in shade
• Regional and local weather reports
• Simple and inexpensive measuring devices

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Provision of water

• Provide sufficient quantity at beginning of shift
• One quart per employee per hour for entire shift
• 2 gallons per employee per shift

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Effective procedures for replenishment of water

• Replenish to allow each employee to drink one
  quart per hour
• Water must be readily accessible
• Water must be available at all times

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Shade

• Blockage of direct sunlight. Unable to cast a
  shadow
• Ventilated or open to air movement
• Must be cooler in shade than in direct sunlight
• Access to shade must be permitted at all times

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Preventative recovery periods

• To prevent heat illness
• For employees who believe they need a
  preventative recovery period
• For employees who exhibit indications of heat
  illness
• Begin first aid for employees who exhibit
  indications of heat illness

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Preventative recovery periods (cont.)

• Shall be in shade for no less than 5 minutes
• Water available during recovery periods
• Not a substitute for medical treatment

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How to identify, evaluate and control
environmental risk factors

• Employer must develop procedures
• Use weather forecasts
• Use heat index
• Take into account activity and duration

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How to identify, evaluate and control
environmental risk factors

• Use engineering shade, cooling vests, misters,
  etc.
• Administration shift rotation, scheduling,
  breaks
• Or combination
• Train employees and supervisors

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Emergency preparedness

• Emergency medical service contact procedures
• Providing clear direction to location

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Compliance requires

• Effective training
• Training content that is appropriate to job
  requirements
• Written procedures for reporting and emergency
  response
• Knowledge by all supervisors and employees of
  heat illness prevention practices

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Training of all supervisors and employees

• Environmental and personal risk factors
• The employer's procedures for identifying,
  evaluating, and controlling risk factors for heat
  illness
• The importance of frequent consumption of small
  quantities of water

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Training (cont)

• The importance of acclimatization
• Types of heat illness and the common signs and
  symptoms of heat illness
• immediately reporting to the employer, directly
  or through the employee's supervisor, symptoms or
  signs of heat illness in themselves, or in
  co-workers

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Training (cont)

• Procedures for contacting emergency medical
  services, and if necessary, for transporting
  employees to a point where they can be reached by
  an emergency medical service provider
• How to provide clear and precise directions to
  the work site
• The procedures the supervisor is to follow to
  implement the applicable provisions in this
  section.
• The procedures the supervisor is to follow when
  an employee exhibits symptoms consistent with
  possible heat illness, including emergency
  response procedures.

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Include this in your department Code of Safe
Practices
Summer is upon us. Do this now!