The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently launched a Heat and Health Initiative to help protect workers from dangerous conditions, according to Safety+Health magazine.
The initiative includes three resources: the HeatRisk Forecast Tool, HeatRisk Dashboard and newly developed clinical guidance.
The HeatRisk Forecast Tool, developed in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, features a seven-day national heat forecast to alert workers to potentially harmful conditions.
The HeatRisk Dashboard integrates the forecast tool with other data, including local air quality, to inform workers regarding how best to protect themselves when outdoor temperatures are high and could affect their health.
The clinical guidance is designed to give medical professionals insights that can help keep at-risk individuals safe when heat and air quality reach dangerous levels.
Together, the resources aim to provide information to help people protect themselves in the heat. In 2023, more than two-thirds of people in the U.S. lived in areas where heat alerts were issued.
Check out NRCA’s recently released Heat Stress for Roofers Training Course, which provides important industry heat stress data and its effects on roofing workers, including how to prevent heat-related illnesses, contributing risk factors, policies and regulations surrounding heat stress, and a guide for providing a workplace heat-related illness plan.
Be sure to also check out heat safety resources on NRCA’s Heat Illness Prevention webpage.
