Audience - The administrator trainings guide the development of your OSHA program. There are separate recorded modules for attendants. We will notify you when they become available on the MIIA website.

Instructions:

• For Towns joining the training program now:  This training is the third session of a training series. Please watch the first two sessions to understand the program structure and resources, issues addressed, and relevant OSHA Standards. The link to these recordings will be provided to you next week after you register for the webinar on how to Create a Heat Illness and Cold Injury Prevention Plan.
• For Towns who have completed session one and session two of the series, the rest of the training modules will all be provided remotely, recorded, and uploaded on the MIIA website. As noted above, in order to receive MIIA you will need to attend the live sessions.

The webinar will cover all aspects of creating a Heat Illness and Cold Injury Prevention Plan using a simple template based on OSHA, NIOSH and Department of Labor Standards to:

• Plan Work:

✔️ Establish Roles and Responsibilities.

✔️ Use National Weather Service (NWA) advisories, and tools for planning and monitoring (e.g., scheduling transfer station hours, acclimatizing workers).

✔️ Minimize impacts through monitoring and adjusting factors such as workloads, temperature loads, work and rest cycles, etc. throughout the day.

✔️ Establish effective break areas with adequate cooling and heating.

✔️ Prepare to provide first aid and to respond to health emergencies.

• Educate workers and supervisors on : (we provide the training modules for the following content).

✔️ Heat and cold illness and injuries (types, symptoms, personal risk factors etc.).

✔️ Conditions that contribute to heat and cold stress and injuries at work.

✔️ Preventative measures (how to dress, how to hydrate, etc.).

✔️ Interpreting weather information for working in and monitoring conditions.

✔️ Monitoring health conditions and responding to emergencies.

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