Heat Stress

Workers who find themselves in a hot work environment will benefit from this online training which explains the causes and effects of being overheated. High temperatures, whether caused by the weather, work-related activity, equipment, or other factors, can create heat stress.

This course provides information about how the body responds to high temperatures, and what could happen if it can't cool down. It shows how heat stress can bring on dizziness or fainting, and can cause heat cramps, heat exhaustion, or the most serious effect of all, heat stroke.

Viewers of this safety training will learn how to prepare themselves for hot working conditions. Suggestions about appropriate clothing, fluid intake, and other practical measures are given. Engineering controls such as the use of fans are also covered. This video explains how to recognize the symptoms of overheating, and teaches specific actions to take if suffering from any heat-related illness.

By taking this online training course and following its preventive measures, viewers will avoid heat stress and make a safer environment of your workplace.

   This course is in the Video On Demand format, to read about Video On Demand features click here.

Employees who work in a hot environment

• Introduction
• Cooling Systems
• Heat Related Illness
• Hot Environments
• Engineering Controls
• Treating Heat Related Illness
• Review

• Heat Stress: Real Accidents, Real Stories
• Heat Stress: Working Safely In The Heat
• Heat Stress: Staying Healthy, Working Safely