Heat Stress

Summer is very quickly approaching and with the summer sun comes summer heat. Summer heat combined with job related heat sources can be very dangerious for us at the mill. Check out www.osha.gov and click on heat stress for some good information on this subject. Work safe!

Operations involving high air temperatures, radiant heat sources, high humidity, direct physical contact with hot objects, or strenuous physical activities have a high potential for inducing heat stress in employees engaged in such operations. Such places include: iron and steel foundries, nonferrous foundries, brick-firing and ceramic plants, glass products facilities, rubber products factories, electrical utilities (particularly boiler rooms), bakeries, confectioneries, commercial kitchens, laundries, food canneries, chemical plants, mining sites, smelters, and steam tunnels.

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Tim Davis
daviswoodshop.com