Are you doing enough to protect your workers against the risks of cold-stress? If one of your workers should suffer a serious or fatal cold-stress injury, could you and your company be liable?

When Is Cold Stress a “Recognized Hazard”?

The first thing the Guidance clarifies is when cold stress becomes a recognized hazard. It’s not temperature alone, guidance says. It’s how cold the air actually feels on the body. Guidance cites 4 factors that employers must consider in determining how cold is too cold:

• Temperature of the air;
• Wind or other factors causing the air to move at a high velocity—thereby making it […]

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