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The NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) has been working with its awardees and federal partners to better understand the risks that workers and communities face due to extreme heat and climate change.
Below is an extensive list of resources that address occupational health and safety issues related to extreme heat, climate change, and ways to build individual and community resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Training Resources
WTP Resources
- Building Blocks for a Heat Stress Prevention Training Program(4.0MB)
- Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: A Report Assessing How Climate Change Will Impact Worker Health and How to Prepare for These Impacts (2022)(4.5MB)
- Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change and Securing Environmental Justice through Safety and Health Training (2 pages)(185KB)
- Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change and Securing Environmental Justice through Safety and Health Training (4 pages)(522KB)
WTP Awardee Resources
- CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Presentation at WTP Fall 2022 Workshop: Preventing Heat Stress for Truck Drivers
- Protecting Workers from the Effects of Heat
- Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training
- Migrant Clinicians Network
- The New England Consortium-Civil Service Employees Association (TNEC-CSEA)
- Presentation at WTP Spring 2023 Trainers’ Exchange: Heat/Cold Injury and Illness Prevention
- Webinar: Climate Change and Toxic Hazards: After the Storm
- Western Region Universities Consortium
- The University of California, Los Angeles’ Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program, a member of the WTP-funded Western Region Universities Consortium, released a video series with heat illness prevention messages in six indigenous languages—Purepecha, K’iche, Mam, Ayuujk/MIXE, Q’anjob’al, Zapoteco.
WTP Technical Workshops
- Fall 2023 Disaster Act Supplemental Funding Kickoff Meeting
- Spring 2022 Technical Workshop – Preparing Workers for the Impacts of Climate Change through Training
- Fall 2014 Technical Workshop – Climate Change and Worker Health
- Spring 2014 Technical Workshop – Chemical Facility Safety in an Era of Climate Change: Training for Worker Participation and Community Engagement
Federal Links and Documents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Climate Change and Occupational Safety and Health
- OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool App
- Heat Stress
- Heat Stress: Risk Factors
- Keeping Workers Hydrated and Cool Despite the Heat
National Weather Service (NWS)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Medical Alert! Climate Change Is Harming Our Health
- Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance
- SAMHSA Climate Change and Health Equity Webpage
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Other
State/Local Links and Documents
Please refer to your state or local health department website for additional guidance on preparing for the health impacts of extreme heat and climate change.
Other Links and Documents
- BlueGreen Alliance Home Page
- Chemicals and Climate Change in the World of Work: Impacts for Occupational Safety and Health
- National Environmental Health Alliance (NEHA) Climate and Health Fact Sheets
- Union of Concerned Scientists Report: Too Hot to Work
- Scorched States: A Report Card on State Laws Protecting Workers from Heat
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