Insurance companies and private ergonomic consultants may follow their own guidelines. A. Not for most businesses. This states that the employer is responsible for providing their employees with a safe place to work, free from health and safety hazards. In certain situations, heat can be dangerous enough to put an employee at risk to their health. Specifically, employees should be protected against heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
Cold stress is handled in the same fashion.
Some of the protections needed in hot situations are plenty of water. Drink at least a cup every 15 minutes. A. No. OSHA does not require drug testing of employees to detect the presence of illegal drugs. However, for some chemical exposures at high levels, OSHA requires blood, urine or lung testing. Examples of these chemicals are lead, asbestos, cadmium, arsenic, etc.