Heat Resources

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Heat Illness Prevention Campaign

OSHA's Heat Illness Prevention campaign, launched in 2011, educates employers and workers on the dangers of working in the heat. Through training sessions, outreach events, informational sessions, publications, social media messaging and media appearances, millions of workers and employers have learned how to protect workers from heat.

This webpage provides information on working in outdoor and indoor heat environments, including planning for heat events, supervision of employees, heat-related illness symptoms and first aid, prevention of heat illness, important personal risk factors for consideration, relevant OSHA standards, case studies, information on worker's rights, and additional resources on this topic.

Browse all OSHA educational and training publications on heat illness prevention.

Select from OSHA's audio, video and graphics, including infographics and posters on heat illness.

Compliance Assistance

This OSHA webpage is a starting point for employers seeking information about fulfilling their obligations to provide safe workplaces. It includes information about compliance assistance, education and training resources, and provides answers to frequently asked questions.

Compliance Assistance Specialists in OSHA's Regional and Area Offices around the country conduct stakeholder outreach and provide information on how to comply with OSHA standards.

OSHA Labor Liaisons are resources for and maintain communication with workers, unions, COSH groups, and worker centers or coalitions.

This program provides no-cost and confidential occupational safety and health services to small and medium-sized businesses, with priority given to high-hazard worksites. On-Site Consultation services are separate from enforcement and do not result in penalties or citations. Consultants from state agencies or universities work with employers to identify workplace hazards, provide advice for compliance with OSHA standards, and assist in establishing and improving safety and health programs.

OTI Education Centers are a national network of nonprofit organizations authorized by OSHA to deliver occupational safety and health training to private and public sector workers, supervisors, and employers.

OSHA-authorized trainers provide 10- and 30-hour classes for construction, general industry, maritime, or disaster site work.

 

Enforcement Efforts

This document is the OSHA Directive CPL 03-00-024, the National Emphasis Program on Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards, issued April 8, 2022.

 

Rulemaking

This ANPRM provided an overview of the problem of heat stress in the workplace and aimed to gather information on issues that OSHA can consider in developing the standard, including the scope of the standard and the types of controls that might be required.

This webpage provides access to the comments submitted to the Rulemaking Docket for the ANPRM on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.

This webpage provides updates on the Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings rulemaking.

This flowchart provides an overview of the OSHA rulemaking process, including those steps of the rulemaking process set forth via Executive Orders, legal requirements, and internal agency procedures.