OSHA: A Guide to Preventing Heat Stress and Cold Stress
Credits: 1 PDH
PDH Course Description:
Heat stress and cold can pose a special threat to workers in a wide range of geographic areas. Many manufacturing workers must deal with hot and cold temperatures in their factories throughout the year. Outdoor workers face the threat of cramps, exhaustion, heat stroke and worse every summer. During the winter months, these workers must prepare for cold temperatures. This course explains what thermal stress can do to working people and discusses ways to avoid the many health problems it can cause.Through the completion of this course, the reader can determine what actions are necessary to reduce the risk of employee exposure to heat and cold stress. This course provides the most important recommendations and how to apply them to the situation at hand. With the proper application of these procedures, it is more likely that employees will know what to do to heat stress and cold stress.
This guide is intended to be consistent with all existing OSHA standards therefore, if an area of this course is considered by the reader to be inconsistent with a standard, then the OSHA standard should be followed.
Topics:
At the conclusion of this course, the student will:- Understand how the body regulates heat
- Know more about the hazards of heat stress
- Know more about preventing and controlling heat stress
- Know more about the hazards of cold stress
- Know more about preventing and controlling cold stress
- Be better prepared for the implementation of a safe work environment
To take this course:
1.) Enroll in Course: Click below to enroll:
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Download the Study Guide
3.) Test: Once you've thoroughly read the course materials, please click below to take the final examination.
Take the final exam
4.) Certificate: A passing grade of 70% or higher on the exam, is required to receive the certificate of completion for this PDH course.
NOTE: After the exam is completed, you will need to return to this page, in order to print (download) the certificate of completion.
Print the Certificate of Completion
Intended Audience: This course is intended for all engineers working in harsh environments, for the purpose of understanding the potential for heat stress and cold stress that may appear in the workplace and how to better prepare everyone involved in identifying and avoiding those hazards. Educating employees and managers on these methods is key concept gained from this course.
Publication Source: NC Dept of Labor
Print the Certificate of Completion
Intended Audience: This course is intended for all engineers working in harsh environments, for the purpose of understanding the potential for heat stress and cold stress that may appear in the workplace and how to better prepare everyone involved in identifying and avoiding those hazards. Educating employees and managers on these methods is key concept gained from this course.
Publication Source: NC Dept of Labor
D. Allen Hughes, PE