Safety Talk

WHAT'S AT STAKE A hot work environment or summer weather can bring heat illness - in three stages. Heat cramps in leg and stomach muscles are painful but not lifethreatening, heat exhaustion is more serious and heat stroke is a medical emergency. WHAT'S THE DANGER Heat cramps mean the body lost minerals through sweating. Heat exhaustion brings dizziness, sweating, headache, weakness and nausea. With heat stroke, symptoms are similar to heat exhaustion but skin is hot and dry and breathing is deep and fast. You may collapse. The body is no longer able to sweat, and temperature rises dangerously. If […]