Participants will learn to identify key heat stress risk factors, understand the importance of acclimatization, recognize early warning signs and symptoms ranging from mild heat rash to life threatening heat stroke, and apply proven prevention strategies such as hydration, rest, shade, and work planning. The session also covers basic response actions and best practices that can be adapted to any general industry work environment. Whether your workforce operates outdoors, in hot indoor settings, or around heat generating equipment, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge needed to help keep workers safe when the heat is on.
In this webinar, experts Kerry Schimelfenig and Paul Sung will explore how emerging technologies, worker feedback and field-driven innovation influence workplace safety solutions. They’ll highlight the growing role of connected safety technology, practical approaches to heat stress prevention and how manufacturers and safety professionals are collaborating to improve PPE performance across diverse work environments. Attendees will gain insight into the challenges safety professionals face today and learn how organizations are evaluating new approaches to improving comfort, fit, usability and worker acceptance without compromising protection.
While OSHA’s proposed “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings” (HIIP) rule is still coming into focus, employers need to begin preparing for it now. Besides laying the foundation of compliance, heat stress represents a profound and immediate workplace health and safety risk.