Take Precautions When Working in Heat

Working outside in hot weather poses real health risks. This message provides tips on how to:

• Protect yourself when working in the heat
• Know the signs of heat-related illness, such as heat stress and heat stroke

Raise Safety Awareness with Digital Messages

Safety committees can get a great deal of mileage out of these ready-to-go safety messages. They can be use in a variety of ways:

• Send in an email to employees*
• Post to the intranet
• Publish in the employee newsletter
• Post to electronic message boards

Tip: When sending images through email, use an attention-grabbing subject line to increase chances that staff open the message. The digital messages are provided as jpeg files that should be viewable in most HTML-enabled e-mail systems.