- Headache
- Fatigue
- Dizziness
- Confusion
- Cramps
- Exhaustion
- “Effective” observation and monitoring of employees, including a mandatory buddy system.
- Regular communication with employees working by themselves.
- Designating one or more employees to call for emergency services, if needed.
- Giving more frequent reminders to drink plenty of water.
- Holding pre-shift meetings on prevention.
- During high heat, agricultural employees must be provided with a minimum 10-minute cool-down period every two hours.
- The company’s heat illness prevention procedures.
- Their rights to take regular water and rest breaks.
- Importance of frequent consumption of small quantities of water.
- Signs and symptoms.
- Appropriate first aid or emergency response.
- Importance and methods of acclimatization.
- Importance of immediately reporting signs or symptoms of heat illness to a supervisor.
- Procedures for responding to possible heat illness.
- Procedures to follow when contacting emergency medical services, providing first aid.
- The heat standard requirements.
- The procedures they must follow to implement the requirements.
- Procedures to follow when a worker exhibits or reports symptoms consistent with possible heat illness, including emergency response procedures and first aid.
- How to monitor weather reports and how to respond to hot-weather advisories.
- Effective communication.
- How to respond to signs and symptoms of heat illness.
- Instructions on what to do when employees exhibit severe heat symptoms.
- Procedures for contacting emergency responders to help stricken workers.
- Water
- Shade
- Cool-down rests.
- Access to first aid.
- The employees’ right to exercise their rights under this standard without retaliation.
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