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Risk manager urges Absecon to adopt heat-stress policy, citing OSHA guidance
Summary
Joe Henry of Hardenberg Insurance presented a heat-injury and stress-prevention briefing on May 15, urging the city to adopt a heat-stress policy that includes modified shifts, a buddy system, hydration standards and training ahead of an expected OSHA standard.
Joe Henry, a risk manager with Hardenberg Insurance Group, told the Absecon City Council on May 15 that heat injury is a leading weather-related workplace killer and urged the city to adopt a heat-stress prevention policy.
"Heat injury and stress prevention is the topic," Henry said, and he recommended administrative controls such as modified work schedules (for example moving a 8 a.m.–4 p.m. shift to 6 a.m.–2 p.m. during heat…
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