Heat Illness Prevention for Workers (Oregon OSHA) Online Training

This online course teaches Oregon's heat illness prevention rule (OAR 437-002-0156), which Oregon OSHA enforces, to workers in Oregon. The rule applies indoors and outdoors whenever the heat index is 80°F or higher. The course covers the heat index, what raises your risk, water, shade and cooling down, rest breaks, getting used to the heat, the types and signs of heat illness with first aid, and staying in contact and getting help.

What you learn

• Oregon's heat rule
• The heat index: how hot it feels
• What raises your risk
• Water
• Shade and cooling down
• Heat illness prevention rest breaks
• Getting used to the heat
• Types and signs of heat illness, and first aid
• Staying in contact and getting help
• A final lesson listing what to review with your supervisor at your company

How it works

• You take the course online, at your own pace, on a phone or a computer.
• The final exam opens after you finish the lessons.
• Each topic lesson ends with practice questions that do not count toward your score.
• The final exam has 25 questions drawn at random. You need 80 percent to pass, and you get 3 attempts.
• When you pass, you get a certificate of completion from M Squared Safety Solutions, Inc. The certificate expires 1 year after it is issued.
• This course is also available in Spanish: Prevención de enfermedades causadas por el calor para trabajadores (Oregon OSHA): capacitación en línea.

Questions

Call an M Squared trainer at 949-954-6581, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific time. A trainer answers in English and Spanish.

Your employer's part

This online course does not replace the training your employer must give on your own job: site-specific training, and hands-on practice and evaluation where the rule requires them.

What this course does not do

Your employer must still give you training on your own worksite and its written procedures; this course cannot see your worksite or give you hands-on practice. This course is not for agricultural employers: Oregon has a separate heat rule for agriculture (OAR 437-004-1131), which this course does not teach. This course covers Oregon's rule only. California, federal OSHA and other states have different rules. The course is online only.