The NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) has been working with its award recipients and federal partners to better understand the risks that workers and communities face due to extreme heat and weather events.

Below is an extensive list of resources that address occupational health and safety issues related to extreme heat, extreme weather events, and ways to build individual and community resilience to the impacts of extreme weather.

Training Resources

WTP Resources

• Building Blocks for a Heat Stress Prevention Training Program (English)(4.0MB)
• Building Blocks for a Heat Stress Prevention Training Program (Spanish)(4.0MB)

WTP Award Recipient Resources

• CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Heat Hazards Webpage
• 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
• Heat and Cold Safety Training Module
• Migrant Clinicians Network
• Heat-Related Illness
• The New England Consortium-Civil Service Employees Association (TNEC-CSEA)
• Presentation at WTP Spring 2023 Trainers’ Exchange: Heat/Cold Injury and Illness Prevention
• 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

Federal Links and Documents

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Extreme Heat
• Heat & Health Tracker

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

• Working Safely Outdoors
• OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool App
• Heat Stress and Workers
• Keeping Workers Hydrated and Cool Despite the Heat

National Weather Service (NWS)

• Heat Safety Tips and Resources
• HeatRisk

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Heat Exposure
• OSHA Technical Manual (OTM) Section III: Chapter 4

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• Adaptation in Disasters

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• Days with Excessive Heat by County

Other

• HEAT.gov
• AirNow: Air Quality Index (AQI)

Please refer to your state or local health department website for additional guidance on preparing for the health impacts of extreme heat and changing weather patterns.

Other Links and Documents

• BlueGreen Alliance Home Page
• Union of Concerned Scientists Report: Too Hot to Work
• Scorched States: A Report Card on State Laws Protecting Workers from Heat