A10 COMMITTEE PROPOSES HEAT STRESS MANAGEMENT STANDARD

摘要

The ANSI/ASSP A10 Committee recently took the first step in creating a document that will identify industry best practices for properly managing heat stress for workers involved in construction and demolition. The proposed A10.50 American National Standard will establish minimum requirements for the prevention of heat illnesses, and management of heat stress hazards and exposures faced by those workers."There are tens of thousands of heat-related illnesses that impact the construction and demolition workforce each year and, unfortunately, construction workers are still dying from exposures to excessive heat," says John Johnson, committee chair. "The proposed A10.50 standard will provide the industry with proven solutions to avoid heat illnesses that impact the construction and demolition workforce."