Rancho Mesa's Alyssa Burley sits down with Megan Lockhart, Client Communications Coordinator, to remind listeners to still be vigilant about heat illness prevention towards the end of Summer and into the Fall months.
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Host: Alyssa Burley
Guest: Megan Lockhart
Editor: Megan Lockhart
Music: "Home" by JHS Pedals, “News Room News” by Spence
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Transcript
Alyssa Burley: Hi, this is Alyssa Burley with Rancho Mesa's Media Communications and Client Services Department. Thank you for listening to today's top Rancho Mesa news, brought to you by our Safety and Risk Management Network, StudioOne.
Welcome back, everyone. My guest is Megan Lockhart, client communications coordinator with Rancho Mesa. Today, we're talking about the importance of heat illness prevention training due to the high heat temperatures we've experienced this Summer.
Megan, welcome to the show.
Megan Lockhart: Thanks for having me, Alyssa.
AB: Absolutely. Now, California can experience high heat in late summer and actually into the early fall months as well, which increases the risk of heat illness for employees who are working outside. And, many employers have already done heat illness prevention training back in May, June, or July in preparation for the summer heat.
Now, Megan, tell us why employers should still be extra careful to continue to monitor their employees.
ML: Of course. So these past few months have seen record-breaking heat across California and throughout the U .S., with temperatures reaching as high as 120 degrees. And as we close out summer and enter fall, employers might be tempted to reduce their monitoring of heat illness symptoms with workers on the job site. They're thinking it's not going to be as hot or over past the summer months, but heat illness is still high well into September and even October. So this can be dangerous if employees aren't prepared.
AB: That's really true. And it can be tempting to think that summer and the heat are over, but that's not necessarily the case.
So, how can employers stay prepared during late summer and into early fall.
ML: Well, first, they can check their heat illness prevention program to make sure everything is up to date. And Cal OSHA has a sample heat illness prevention program for both indoor and outdoor spaces that clients can refer to. And, secondly, employers should make sure their workers are up to date on their heat illness prevention training. And, we've added more dates to view our heat illness prevention webinar. And this is incredibly important training for both supervisors and employees.
Yes, exactly. And having employees trained on how to prevent heat illness, how to spot signs of heat illness, and how to handle an emergency can save employee lives while on the job.
ML: Agreed. And, we’ll include a link to these resources and where you can register for this webinar in the episode notes.
AB: Well, Megan thank you for sharing this information with our listeners and joining me in StudioOne.
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