Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH)
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This etool contains general information on heat illness and its causes in outdoor workplaces. It contains  to alert you to high risk situations and conditions. It also has detailed information on effective  to prevent, recognize, and respond to heat illness. Included are  with practical suggestions to help you put into place an effective program.
Key elements in preventing heat illness include:
Information is also included on the Cal/OSHA Heat Illness Prevention standard.
For an overview of the information in this etool see Site Map.
- Cal/OSHA Powerpoint - Heat Illness Prevention - Title 8 Section 3395, English (ppt, 3.5MB) and Spanish (ppt, 4.17MB)
- Employer Sample Procedures For Heat Illness Prevention (pdf, 140kb and Word, 763kB)
- Cal/OSHA Pocket-sized pamphlet - Protect yourself from heat illness/Protejase de las enfermedades causadas por el calor (English/Spanish) (pdf, 268kb). 8.5 by 11 (English/Spanish)
- Cal/OSHA heat illness prevention newsletter - what you need to know (English/Spanish) (pdf, 772kb)
- Cal/OSHA Video - Protect Yourself Against Heat Stress and Illness - to download, right-click link and "Save Target As..." (mpg, 21.7MB). A transcript of the video is also provided.
- Cal/OSHA Poster - Protect Yourself Against Heat Stress and Illness (English/Spanish) (pdf, 382KB)
- Cal/OSHA Heat Advisory (English / Spanish) (pdf, 33kb)
- Guidance for Workers (pdf, 23kb)
- IIP model program for agriculture, potable water, access at all times, and heat stress evaluation and control
Programa modelo para la prevencion de lesiones y enfermedades en el trabajo para los patrones con trabajadores temporales en la agricultura
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