Feeling hot, hot, hot? There’s an app for that.

When temperatures rise, heat becomes an additional safety challenge on tent installation jobsites.

With the OSHA Heat Safety Tool app, available for free for iPhone® and Android™ devices, workers and supervisors can calculate the heat index and access heat safety information right on their mobile phones.

The app determines the heat index at a specific worksite and, based on the heat index, displays a risk level to outdoor workers. Then with a click, users can get reminders about protective measures that should be taken at that risk level to protect workers from heat-related illness, which may include:

• drinking enough fluids
• scheduling rest breaks
• planning for and knowing what to do in an emergency
• adjusting work operations
• gradually building up the workload for new
  crew members
• training on heat illness signs and symptoms
• monitoring each other for signs and symptoms of
  heat-related illness

The app is available in English and Spanish.