Preventing Effects of Working in High-Temperature – Saudi Arabia
Organization: Human Resources and Social Development, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health & SaudiNCOSH
Year: 2024
This guide aims to inform employers, project managers, and workers about the health risks associated with working in high temperatures, as well as methods for prevention and management. It offers practical advice and preventive measures, both engineering and administrative, along with awareness messages. The guideline is in line with the procedural manual for occupational safety and health of preventing effects of working in high-temperature issued by theMinistry of Human Resources and Social Development (Ministerial Decision No. 196086, dated29/10/1442). The procedural manual draws on global best practices, relevant technologies, and established standards as key sources of information.
This Manual is about the occupational safety and health requirements related to work in thermal environments by clarifying roles, responsibilities and preventive procedures from risks and impacts, through providing the mentoring and education programs, as well as the need to provide preventive occupational safety and health requirements in all workplaces and responding to emergencies from exposure to thermal hazard at workplace.