Industry-Specific Resources

Agriculture

• A Guide to Heat Stress in Agriculture. OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), (1993, May). A guide to help pesticide applicators and agricultural employers set up and operate a heat stress control program.
  
  
• Illustrated, low-literacy fact sheets for workers [1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• Worksites poster for employers that illustrate heat illness [2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• OSHA Heat Prevention Lesson Plan [8 MB PDF^*, 43 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 10 MB PDF^*, 43 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.
  
  
• Use OSHA's Heat Smartphone App. Check the heat index for your worksite and see reminders about the protective measures for the specified risk level.
  
  
• Migrant Farm Worker Dies From Heat Stroke While Working on a Tobacco Farm - North Carolina. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) FACE Report 2006-04, (2007, August).
  
  
• Heat-Related Deaths Among Crop Workers—United States, 1992-2006. Centers for Disease Control MMWR weekly report 57(24): 649-653.

Baggage Screeners

• Illustrated, low-literacy fact sheets for workers [1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• Worksites poster for employers that illustrate heat illness [2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• OSHA Heat Prevention Lesson Plan [8 MB PDF^*, 43 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 10 MB PDF^*, 43 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.
  
  
• Use OSHA's Heat Smartphone App. Check the heat index for your worksite and see reminders about the protective measures for the specified risk level.
  
  
• Hazard Evaluation for Heat Exposure of Baggage Screeners [972 KB PDF, 28 pages]. Health Hazard Evaluation Report 2004-0334-3017, Transportation Security Administration: Palm Beach International.

Construction

• Illustrated, low-literacy fact sheets for workers [1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• Worksites poster for employers that illustrate heat illness [2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• OSHA Heat Prevention Lesson Plan [8 MB PDF^*, 43 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 10 MB PDF^*, 43 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.
  
  
• Use OSHA's Heat Smartphone App. Check the heat index for your worksite and see reminders about the protective measures for the specified risk level.
  
  
• Heat Stress in Construction [24 KB PDF, 2 pages]. Center to Protect Workers' Rights (CPWR), (2005).

Emergency Response and Cleanup

• Heat Stress. OSHA. Emergency Preparedness and Response Health and Safety Guide.
  
  
• Illustrated, low-literacy fact sheets for workers [1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• Worksites poster for employers that illustrate heat illness [2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• OSHA Heat Prevention Lesson Plan [8 MB PDF^*, 43 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 10 MB PDF^*, 43 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.
  
  
• Use OSHA's Heat Smartphone App. Check the heat index for your worksite and see reminders about the protective measures for the specified risk level.
  
  
• Gulf Oil Response and Heat. OSHA’s Deepwater Horizon Response Heat Illness Page.
  • Heat Stress Management Plan [110 KB PDF^*, 13 pages]
  • Heat Stress Safety Alert [65 KB PDF^*, 4 pages]
  
  
• Occupational Safety and Health Guidance Manual for Hazardous Waste Site Activities, Chapter 8 [4 MB PDF^*, 198 pages]. NIOSH/OSHA/USCG/EPA (1985).
  
  
• Wildland Fire Safety: Heat Stress. USDA Forest Service.
  
  
• Heat Illness Basics for Wildland Firefighters [3 MB PDF, 8 pages]. USDA Forest Service.

Foundries

• White Paper: Establishing a Foundry Heat Stress Management Program [427 KB PDF^*, 30 pages]. OSHA and American Foundry Society (AFS) Alliance, (2008, December). AFS developed, "White Paper: Establishing a Foundry Heat Stress Management Program." The White Paper is designed to provide foundry industry employers and employees with information that can help control the potential hazards of heat stress.

Health Care

• Nobody Likes It Hot: Preventing Heat Stress in At-Risk Workers [362 KB PDF^*, 3 pages]. OSHA and The Joint Commission/Joint Commission Resources (JCR) Alliance, (2011, June). JCR developed an article on heat related illnesses, including signs and symptoms of various illnesses and prevention and treatment tactics.

Military

• Heat Injury Prevention and Sun Safety. U.S. Army Public Health Command web page.
  
  
• Prevention and Treatment of Heat and Cold Stress Injuries [2 MB PDF, 124 pages]. Navy Environmental Health Center Technical Manual NEHC-TM-OEM 6260.6A, (2007, June).

Mining

• Illustrated, low-literacy fact sheets for workers [1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• Worksites poster for employers that illustrate heat illness [2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 2 MB PDF^*, 2 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.^**
  
  
• OSHA Heat Prevention Lesson Plan [8 MB PDF^*, 43 pages]. OSHA, (2011). A 10 MB PDF^*, 43 pages (Spanish Version) is also available.
  
  
• Use OSHA's Heat Smartphone App. Check the heat index for your worksite and see reminders about the protective measures for the specified risk level.
  
  
• Heat Stress: What To Do. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) web page.

^**These resources were adapted from: California OSHA’s heat campaign materials.

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