Workplace Safety

Work in hot indoor environments can result in heat illness, a group of medical conditions caused by the body’s inability to cope with heat. Heat illness includes heat cramps, heat exhaustion, fainting, and heat stroke.

University employees who work in high-heat indoor locations may be at risk for heat illness including, but not limited to, maintenance workers, cooks, researchers and others. Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that the measures outlined in this...

Controlling a hazard at its source is the best way to protect employees. Engineering or administrative controls to manage or eliminate hazards to workers is the preferred option. When engineering or administrative controls are not feasible or do not provide sufficient protection, supervisors must provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to their workers and ensure its use. Attire when occupying a laboratory or shop containing hazardous materials or equipment.

Using Hand-Operated Power Tools, ASUC Auxiliary – Building Operations

General Precaution: Eye protection must always be worn.

Refer to Environment, Health, and Safety’s fact sheet on “Ladder Safety”.