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Definitions <br /> "Acclimatization" — means temporary adaptation of the body to work in the heat that occurs <br /> gradually when a person is exposed to it. Acclimatization peaks in most people within four to <br /> fourteen days of regular work for at least two hours per day in the heat. <br /> "Heat related illness" - means a serious medical condition resulting from the body's <br /> inability to cope with a particular heat load, and includes heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat <br /> syncope and heat stroke. <br /> "Environmental risk factors for heat illness" - means working conditions that create <br /> the possibility that heat illness could occur, including air temperature, relative humidity, radiant <br /> heat from the sun and other sources, conductive heat sources such as the ground, air movement, <br /> workload severity and duration, protective clothing and personal protective equipment worn by <br /> employees. These conditions will be considered when determining that (the employer) is <br /> implementing controls and methods to reduce the potential for heat related illness. <br /> "Personal risk factors for heat illness" - means factors such as an individual's age, <br /> degree of acclimatization, health, water consumption, alcohol consumption, caffeine <br /> consumption, and use of prescription medications that affect the body's water retention or other <br /> physiological responses to heat. <br /> "Preventative recovery period" - means aeriod of time to recover over from the heat in order <br /> to prevent heat illness. <br /> "Provision of water" - means that employees shall have access to potable drinking water. <br /> Where it is not plumbed or otherwise continuously supplied, it shall be provided in sufficient <br /> quantity at the beginning of the work shift to provide one quart per employee per hour for <br /> drinking for the entire shift. Employers may begin the shift with smaller quantities of water <br /> if they have effective procedures for replenishment during the shift as needed to allow <br /> employees to drink one quart or more per hour. The fiequent drinking of water shall be <br /> encouraged. <br /> "Shade" -means blockage of direct sunlight. Canopies, umbrellas and other temporary <br /> structures or devices may be used to provide shade. Some shade producing areas are not <br /> adequate to cool the body; for instance, a car sitting in the sun does not provide acceptable <br /> shade to a person inside it, unless the car is running with air conditioning. <br /> 0 <br /> 27 <br />