Heat Stress In Transportation And Warehouse Environments

Physical exertion can make the body hot and sweaty, which makes the body uncomfortable and the job more difficult. This course shows how hot working environments, such as a warehouse or loading dock, affect the worker’s health and teaches strategies for safely working in the heat to avoid heat stress.

With an emphasis on the risks of being overheated, this course spotlights heat stress hazards and potential outcomes and how to prevent and respond to them. Upon completing the five lessons in this course employees know how and why it can be risky to work in high-heat conditions and how to prepare and protect themselves and their co-workers.

Utilize this course so all warehouse and transportation workers know the health hazards associated with working in high-heat conditions and how to work safely in high-heat environments.

   This course is in the Video On Demand format, to read about Video On Demand features click here.

Transportation and Warehouse workers in all capacities

• Introduction
• Heat And The Body's Cooling System
• Heat-Related Illnesses
• Treating Heat-Related Illnesses
• Preparing To Work In Hot Environments
• Engineering Controls For Hot Environments
• Conclusion

• Heat Stress
• Heat Stress In Construction Environments
• Heat Stress In Food Processing And Handling Environments