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WEBINAR | Before the Dog Days of Summer, Learn how Community Health Workers can Help Prevent Heat Stress

MCN

DATE RECORDED: June 8, 2016

PRESENTED BY: Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES

Continuing Education Credit

To receive CME* or CNE credit after viewing this webinar, you must:

Complete the Participant Evaluation associated with this webinar
Send an email with your first and last name stating which webinar you completed to contedu@migrantclinician.org

It was 95 degrees when Maria Jimenez, 17 years old, collapsed from heat exhaustion at a farm in California. She died two days later. Each year, nearly 30 workers die from heat-related illness in the United States. Outdoor work in labor-intensive industries poses serious risks for workers, but heat-related illness can be easily prevented.

This workshop will help community health workers recognize and prevent heat-related illness among at-risk workers. Case studies will show how to recognize the symptoms and health effects of heat-related illness. Participants in this workshop will receive resources for preventing heat-related illness.

Learning Objectives

Recognize symptoms of heat-related illness and how to respond
Identify steps workers can take to prevent heat-related illness
Review employer and worker rights and responsibilities related to heat stress
Become familiar with heat stress prevention resources

Further Reading

U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Occupational Heat Stress. Retrieved April 28, 2016. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/prevention.html
Farmworker Justice. Seguridad y Salud en el Ámbito Laboral para los Trabajadores Agrícolas. Riesgo de Pesticidas, Sanidad en el Campo y Enfermedades Causadas por el Calor. Retrieved April 28, 2016. http://www.farmworkerjustice.org/sites/default/files/FJpesticidetrainingspanish2016.pdf
OSHA- Occupational Heat Exposure
OSHA's Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor Workers
OSHA- Industry Specific Resources for Heat Stress
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (PNASH)- Heat Illness Prevention: Training Materials For Educators
California and Washington State- Heat Exposure Regulations
Hesperian Health Guide- Workers' Guide to Health and Safety: Chapter 15: Heat and Cold
Report: Farmworker’s death should have been prevented
CDC - Heat Stress and Heat-Related Illness

This material will be produced under grant number SH-27640-15-60-F-48-SH5 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. It will not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

URLs

https://youtu.be/qcCci3GQs04

http://www.migrantclinician.org/

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/prevention.html

http://www.farmworkerjustice.org/sites/default/files/FJpesticidetrainingspanish2016.pdf

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/index.html

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/index.html

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/industry_resources.html

http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/heatIllnessQA.html

http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/Topics/AtoZ/HeatStress/

http://en.hesperian.org/hhg/Workers%27_Guide_to_Health_and_Safety:Dangers_from_heat

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/crime/report-farmworkers-death-should-have-been-prevented-2738c212-4e00-109c-e053-0100007fd972-363310521.html

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/heatstress/heatrelillness.html

Categories

Environmental and Occupational Health

Environmental and Occupational Health

Health Literacy

Environmental and Occupational Health

Environmental and Occupational Health

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