Training
California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Chapter 4, section 3395 requires employers to provide training in the provisions of the written Heat Illness Prevention Plan to managers and supervisors, and employees. The minimum requirements for training content include:
- The environmental and personal risk factors for heat illness;
- CSULB’s procedures for complying with the requirements of CCR, T8, section 3395;
- The importance of frequent consumption of small quantities of water, up to four (4) cups per hour, when the work environment is hot and employees are likely to be sweating more than usual in the performance of their duties;
- The importance of acclimatization (refer to Appendix A);
- The different types of heat illness and the common signs and symptoms of heat illness (refer to Appendix A);
- The importance to employees of immediately reporting to the employer, directly or through the employee's supervisor, symptoms or signs of heat illness in themselves, or in co-workers;
- CSULB’s procedures for responding to symptoms of possible heat illness, including how emergency medical services will be provided should they become necessary (refer to Appendix A);
- CSULB’s procedures for contacting emergency medical services, and if necessary, for transporting employees to a point where they can be reached by an emergency medical service provider (refer to Appendix A);
- CSULB’s procedures for ensuring that, in the event of an emergency, clear and precise directions to the work site can and will be provided as needed to emergency responders (refer to Appendix A).
Further, supervisors are required to receive the same training content as outlined above and in addition:
- The procedures the supervisor is to follow to implement the applicable provisions in this section.
- The procedures the supervisor is to follow when an employee exhibits symptoms consistent with possible heat illness, including emergency response procedures.