Preparing for the Summer Heat: Heat Illness Prevention Resources from Rancho Mesa
Author, Jadyn Brandt, Client Communications Coordinator, Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc.
As temperatures continue to rise through the summer months, heat illness prevention is essential to protect employees from the dangers of extreme weather.
Rancho Mesa has a variety of safety resources available for employee training and incident reporting.
Heat Illness Prevention Workshop/Webinar
Rancho Mesa’s Heat Illness Prevention workshop provides an in-depth overview of California’s Heat Illness Prevention regulations for outdoor and indoor workplaces. This workshop is also available as a recording (webinar) that covers the key elements required to protect employees from heat-related illnesses and ensure company compliance. It can be access through the SafetyOne™ Learning Management System.
Completing this training counts towards earning the RM365 Advantage Safety Star™ Program certificate of completion.
Heat Stress Online Training Course
Two Heat Stress online training courses are available through the SafetyOne Learning Management System. Employees assigned to the Heat Stress training will watch a training video and take a quiz to complete the course.
Toolbox Talks
A number of Toolbox Talks are available in SafetyOne in both English and Spanish, and can be used for weekly safety trainings:
Heat Exhaustion/Sunstroke
Heat Illnesses
Heat Stress Prevention for Landscape Contractors
Heat Stress Prevention for Tree Care Companies
Protecting Yourself Against the Heat
Warning - Extreme Heat is Coming
Observation Reports and Mobile Forms
SafetyOne app users can utilize Observations to document when heat Illness prevention programs are followed on the job site and identify when there is an issue.
Mobile Forms can be used to collect and report safety data relating to heat illness using templates such as accident reports, incident reports, and daily reports.
Heat Advisories
SafetyOne administrators can utilize the Company News function to send heat advisories to employees who may be working in high temperatures, and remind those employees of ways to stay safe in the heat.
Documentation through the HR Portal
If an incident does occur on the job, employers can document the incident in their OSHA 300 logs through the RM365 HRAdvantage™ Portal.
For more information about heat illness prevention resources available through Rancho Mesa, contact your Client Technology Specialist.