Personnel Concepts: The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration Starts Program to Address Heat Illness

1. Personnel Concepts: The
California Occupational Safety
and Health Administration Starts
Program to Address Heat Illness

2. A provider of compliance solutions, Personnel
Concepts sells a variety of posters that aid
clients in maintaining compliance with state
as well as federal labor regulations. On its
website, www.personnelconcepts.com, the
company has organized its offerings by
category.

3. The
California Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(Cal/OSHA) deployed its 2013 Heat Illness
Prevention Program with the express purpose
of educating both employers and workers
about heat exposure and its dangers,
especially in the case of outdoor work sites.
Cal/OSHA announced the program at an
event sponsored by it as well as by
agricultural employers and the Nisei Farmers
League. The program seeks to lessen heat
illness in California by increasing compliance
with workplace safety requirements.

4. According to Director of the Department of
Industrial Relations Christine Baker,
California maintains its reputation as a good
place to make a living on the strength of its
safety partnerships with labor and employers
alike.