Document ID: OSHA-2021-0001-0039
Agency: osha
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2021-08-20T04:00Z

Questions for NACOSH

Heat Illness Prevention 
 What are current practices in heat illness prevention? 
 What are the existing best practices in heat illness prevention? 
 What challenges are there in heat illness prevention?
Heat Hazards: 
 How is hazardous heat currently identified and defined in indoor versus outdoor industries? 
 What are existing best practices in identifying heat hazards in indoor and outdoor work settings?
 How are workers notified of hazardous heat? How should they be notified?  
 Where are heat hazards being experienced and in what industries?
 What challenges are there with identifying heat hazards?

Acclimatization:
 What are current practices for implementing acclimatization?
 What are the best practices for implementing acclimatization in various industries and across businesses of various sizes? 
 What are the challenges with acclimatizing workers, including temporary workers? 
 Are there different challenges for acclimatization in indoor work settings versus outdoor work settings?

Monitoring:
 Are there industries implementing exposure, medical or physiological monitoring for heat exposure? 
 What are the best practices for implementing a monitoring program and how effective are the monitoring activities?  
 How is monitoring implemented or tracked? 
 What are the challenges with this type of monitoring?

Heat Emergencies:
 How do organizations with both indoor and outdoor work environments deal with heat illness emergencies if they arise? 
 What are current best practices in workplace response to occupational heat illness emergencies? 
 What are the challenges with responding to a heat illness emergency?
 What should be included in a heat emergency response plan?  
Worker Training and Engagement
 How are workers involved in heat illness prevention?  
 What types of training programs are being implemented and how effective are they? 
 What are best practices in worker training and engagement in heat illness prevention? 
 Are workers involved in the design and implementation of heat illness prevention activities? 
 What challenges are there with worker training and engagement for heat illness prevention?

Existing State Standards: 
 Of the existing state standards, have any been more effective or challenging than others? Why?
 What are challenges with implementation of existing state standards? 
 What components of a state standard or program should be included in federal guidance or regulatory efforts? What would not be feasible to include at the federal level?