Free Webinar For Business Owners Can Keep Local Companies
Compliant with Maryland’s New Heat Stress Standard
Willards, MD – On September 30, 2024, Maryland became the sixth state to enact a Heat Stress Standard for the workplace. This standard applies to all workplaces – indoor or outdoor – where the heat index is 80 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. “Many businesses across Delmarva operate within that window all season,” noted Laura Deeley Bren, President of Deeley Insurance Group. “Servers on the restaurant deck, contractors on-site, inspectors on the roof, delivery drivers supplying area stores — It gets hotter than 80 degrees around here, so this is an important
message for everyone.” Last year alone, Maryland reported 26 heat-related deaths. As area business owners look ahead to a busy Summer season, their new legal obligations include creating a written heat stress prevention plan tailored to fit their company’s policies, procedures and personnel, with special accommodation for particularly strenuous
work and for people more susceptible to heat illness, such as pregnant women. The best time to prepare for the heat is before the temperatures increase. To help you develop your organization’s Heat Stress Program, Christina Campbell from Maryland Occupational Safety & Health (MOSH) will be presenting a live webinar on March 27th on What Employers Need to Know
About the Maryland Heat Stress Standard. There is no cost to attend the webinar, but registration is required at https://www.ceiwc.com/safety-resources/seminars-and-trainings/
The free webinar is sponsored and hosted by Chesapeake Employers Insurance. Discussion topics will include:
• Heat Stress Definitions & Recognizing Signs of Heat Illness
• Developing Your Heat Stress Prevention Plan
• Minimum Requirements for Protection
• Monitoring and Acclimatization Procedures
• Training, Compliance and Exclusions
Heat-related illnesses can be prevented and every worker has the right to safety. The info sheets from OSHA and MOSH at the links below will help prepare business owners for the webinar.
Complying with Maryland’s Heat Stress Standard
Heat Illness Prevention and Management Plan
Maryland Heat Illness Prevention
Protecting Workers from the Effects of Heat
