Prevent Workers From Heat Exhaustion
When employees work outdoors in high temperatures, the risk of heat exhaustion is significant. Staying compliant with OSHA’s heat illness prevention guidelines is crucial—which means regularly reminding employees about warm weather protocols, cooling breaks, and hydration.
How you might currently be doing this
- Discussing warm weather warnings at the morning huddle
- Providing coolers of iced drinks
- Providing protective gear
- Displaying posters or signs with heat safety tips and hydration reminders in common areas, such as break rooms or near job sites
- Scheduling work around peak heat
- Mandatory cooling breaks
- A buddy system where workers look out for each other and report any signs of heat-related illness immediately
How to do this more effectively
With Team Engine, you can set up automated, timely reminders that align with OSHA’s heat illness prevention guidelines—helping you protect employees and maintain compliance. By sending scheduled text alerts, you ensure every worker, regardless of location, is reminded to stay cool and hydrated when it matters most.
Why Use Team Engine Instead
Consistency: Team Engine users can schedule messages to send on a regular basis (e.g. daily or weekly) so they never forget to send a reminder to stay cool.
Timeliness: 95% of text messages are read and responded to within 3 minutes after being received, which means no one will miss the announcement to go home.
Documentation: Every text message is automatically time-stamped and stored, allowing you to show a clear record of heat safety reminders and actions taken—a valuable asset if an audit or safety investigation ever arises.
How you can use Team Engine to do this
- Sync your employee directory with your HRIS or payroll platform, OR upload an up-to-date CSV with all employees.
- Organize your employees by group e.g. by shift, location or function.
- Compose one message to remind workers to protect themselves, or alert them of an early closing due to extreme heat. (See sample text provided in the copy-and-paste box.)
- Send to the appropriate employee group(s) all at once.
How you can use Team Engine to do this
- Sync your employee directory with your HRIS or payroll platform, OR upload an up-to-date CSV with all employees.
- Organize your employees by group e.g. by shift, location or function.
- Compose one message to remind workers to protect themselves, or alert them of an early closing due to extreme heat. (See sample text provided in the copy-and-paste box.)
- Send to the appropriate employee group(s) all at once.
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