Template: heat illness prevention plan for an electrical contractor (8 CCR 3395), English and Spanish on one sheet
In one paragraph
A one-sheet plan that contains the four elements Cal/OSHA's heat standard requires in writing (water and shade procedures, high-heat procedures, emergency response, acclimatization), written for the way an electrician actually works: attics in August, garages with the door down, roofs for solar, and a helper on their first week. The numbers are the regulation's: a quart of water per person per hour, shade when it passes 80 degrees, the 95-degree procedures with a ten-minute cool-down every two hours, five-minute minimum rests, 14-day observation for new workers. The plan must be in English and the language of the majority of your employees; this template prints both. Beside the blank, the plan filled in for a two-person shop working an attic rewire in the Central Valley.
The rule
Every employer with outdoor places of employment in construction must have a written heat illness prevention plan, in English and the language understood by the majority of employees, available at the work site, containing procedures for water and shade, the high-heat procedures, emergency response procedures and acclimatization methods (8 CCR 3395(i)); water is provided at one quart per employee per hour (3395(c)); shade is present when the temperature exceeds 80 degrees (3395(d)); high-heat procedures apply at 95 degrees or above, including a minimum ten-minute net preventive cool-down rest every two hours (3395(e)); and employees new to high heat are closely observed for 14 days (3395(g)).
Why it matters
An attic in July is the most dangerous place an electrician works, and the standard that governs it is written for farm fields. Translating it into a one-page plan for your truck is the difference between a helper who knows to stop and drink and one who passes out on the insulation; it is also the second document Cal/OSHA asks for, and the fine for not having it is larger than the cost of the shade.