Extreme heat causes more deaths than any other weather-related hazard; each year\u00a0<\/span>more than 65,000<\/a>\u00a0people seek medical treatment for extreme heat exposure.<\/p>\n Letter carriers who are exposed to hot and humid conditions can use the app to check the heat index and learn about the relevant protective measures. The app displays the heat index in the user\u2019s location and shows the current risk level. The app also forecasts the hourly heat index throughout the entire workday, giving employers information they can use to adjust the work environment as needed to protect workers.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>If you have the original OSHA app on your phone, it will no longer function after Sept. 30.<\/p>\n To download the updated app and get more information on OSHA\u2019s efforts to help protect employees from the heat, visit OSHA\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>heat campaign web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n FROM OSHA<\/strong><\/p>\n When you’re working in the heat, safety comes first. With the OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool, you have vital safety information available whenever and wherever you need it – right on your mobile phone.<\/p>\n The App allows workers and supervisors to calculate the heat index for their worksite, and, based on the heat index, displays a risk level to outdoor workers. Then, with a simple “click,” you can get reminders about the protective measures that should be taken at that risk level to protect workers from heat-related illness-reminders about drinking enough fluids, scheduling rest breaks, planning for and knowing what to do in an emergency, adjusting work operations, gradually building up the workload for new workers, training on heat illness signs and symptoms, and monitoring each other for signs and symptoms of heat-related illness.<\/p>\n Working in full sunlight can increase heat index values by 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep this in mind and plan additional precautions for working in these conditions.<\/p>\n The OSHA-NIOSH Heat Tool is available in English and Spanish for Android and iPhone devices. To access the Spanish version, set the phone language to Spanish.<\/p>\n Stay informed and safe in the heat, check your risk level.<\/p>\n For more information about safety while working in the heat, see OSHA’s heat illness webpage<\/a>, including online guidance<\/a> about using the heat index to protect workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NALC\/OSHA\/NIOSH – 6\/16\/17 – The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health\u00a0(NIOSH) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have collaborated to update OSHA\u2019s original Heat Safety Tool app for smartphones. The updated app, available for both\u00a0Android\u00a0and\u00a0iPhone, provides a clearer user interface while still providing the same information to help keep employees safe when working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19897","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\/19897","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=19897"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19902,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19897\/revisions\/19902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Heat-Safety-Tool-App.jpg\")
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