{"id":24303,"date":"2022-07-18T14:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/?p=24303"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:29:20","slug":"heat-illness-osha-room-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/24303\/heat-illness-osha-room-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat Illness, OSHA Guidance and Room Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While heat waves are affecting much of the country, the United States government is busy announcing actions to help protect workers<\/a> affected by extreme heat and heat index. The Department of Labor and OSHA have been directed to increase the enforcement of heat safety violations to help ensure workers are protected against heat illness, especially in high-risk workplaces, such as construction and agriculture sites. OSHA mandates that employers provide safe work conditions and protect employees from heat-related hazards and resulting injuries and illnesses in outdoor and indoor workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A critical component to employers complying with the U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA best practices include installing temperature and heat index monitoring in the workplace. The world just sweltered through its hottest June in the 174-year global climate record and there\u2019s no sign of the heat letting up any time soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat-related illnesses are the leading cause of death among all weather-related workplace hazards<\/strong> and these deaths are preventable with the proper heat illness prevention plan<\/a>. The most effective way to start creating your heat illness prevention plan is with proactive environment monitoring, as ambient temperature and heat index monitoring is part of OSHA\u2019s federal guidance<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Room Alert provides temperature, humidity, and heat index monitoring in an easy-to-use format that allows you to monitor your workplace environment and protect your people, property, and productivity while maintaining OSHA compliance.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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