{"id":13733,"date":"2016-01-13T08:15:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T13:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=13733"},"modified":"2016-01-13T08:15:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T13:15:15","slug":"nalc-preparing-for-working-in-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/01\/13\/nalc-preparing-for-working-in-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"NALC: Preparing for working in cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"meta\"><time datetime=\"2016-01-12\">NALC &#8211; January 12, 2016<\/time><\/p>\n<h2>Preparing for working in cold<\/h2>\n<p><small><\/small><\/div>\n<figure class=\"photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nalc.org\/news\/nalc-updates\/image\/Outlook_map_temp2015_2F_2000.png\" alt=\"Preparing for working in cold\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t assume there is no need to prepare for working safely in the cold this year,\u201d warns\u00a0National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Director John Howard, M.D., \u201cbecause of the moderate temperatures in much of the country so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/enews\/enewsV13N9.html#director\" target=\"_blank\">In the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em>NIOSH eNews<\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>for January<\/a>, Howard notes that the National Weather Service\u2019s long-range forecast predicts chillier temperatures than average in January and February in the Southern Plains and the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCold weather can bring on health emergencies for people who may be susceptible as a result of their working environment,\u201d Howard writes, \u201csuch as those who work outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sound like anyone you know?<\/p>\n<p>What constitutes cold stress and its effects can vary across different areas of the country. NIOSH provides<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/topics\/coldstress\/default.html\" target=\"_blank\">information about cold stress here<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/docs\/2010-115\/pdfs\/2010-115.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">in this PDF file<\/a>, which describes symptoms, first aid, and recommendations for prevention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/enews\/enewsV13N9.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for tips from the NIOSH website<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>that can help employers and employees alike avoid the dangers of cold stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NALC &#8211; January 12, 2016 Preparing for working in cold \u201cDon\u2019t assume there is no need to prepare for working safely in the cold this year,\u201d warns\u00a0National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Director John Howard, M.D., \u201cbecause of the moderate temperatures in much of the country so far.\u201d In the\u00a0NIOSH eNews\u00a0for January, Howard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-nalc-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13735,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13733\/revisions\/13735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}