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More workers are being exposed to excessive heat, while workplace prevention measures do not always reflect the scale of the risk. Heat exposure must be treated as a serious occupational safety and health issue, one that requires risk assessment and an action plan for effective prevention.

This guidance is a timely resource for workplaces dealing with physical work, outdoor tasks, hot processes, PPE or poorly cooled indoor environments. It explains how to identify heat stress risks, recognise heat-related illness, protect vulnerable workers and apply practical prevention measures.

For employers, workers and OSH professionals, it provides a practical basis for strengthening heat-risk prevention before exposure leads to illness, reduced performance or accidents.

Read the guidance and share it with those working to protect workers in hot conditions.