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Effective this coming Friday, July 5^th 2008 the department of Labor and Industries is implementing a new permanent workplace heat stress ruling.

Intended primarily to reduce the number of heat related deaths (three in Washington in the past three years) and worker’s compensation claims (582 from 1997 to 2007) the rule effectively states that employers are required to:

• Train employees and supervisors to recognize heat-related illness and what to do if someone has symptoms.
  
• On days when temperatures require preventive measures, increase the volume of water available to employees.
  
• Have the ability to appropriately respond to any employee with symptoms of illness.
  

 

(Download information, heat tips cards, PowerPoint presentations and more on the L & I website here)