Our bodies naturally maintain a temperature between 36°C and 38°C. Sweating cools our bodies down, but if you work in a hot environment this might not be enough. If your body heats up faster than it can cool itself, you experience heat stress. This can lead to serious heat disorders and potential injury
Heat Stress Screening Tool
When working in a hot environment, workers can experience heat stress. It’s important to protect workers from the risk of heat stress by implementing controls.
A tool is provided by WorkSafeBC to help you evaluate when workers may be at risk of heat stress and when you need to implement effective controls.
