OSHA NIOSH Heat Safety Tool

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

About this app

Take precautions against outdoor heat while at work with the OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool. Featuring real-time heat index and hourly forecasts, specific to your location, as well as occupational safety and health recommendations from OSHA and NIOSH. The OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool is a useful resource for planning outdoor work activities based on how hot it feels throughout the day.

The OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool features:

• A visual indicator of the current heat index and associated risk levels specific to your current geographical location

• Precautionary recommendations specific to heat index-associated risk levels

• An interactive, hourly forecast of heat index values, risk level, and recommendations for planning outdoor work activities in advance

• Editable location, temperature, and humidity controls for calculation of variable conditions

• Signs and symptoms of heat-related illnesses including: heat stroke, heat exhaustion, rhabdomyolysis, heat cramps, and heat rash

• First aid information for heat-related illnesses

Take steps to work safely in the heat. Download this valuable tool today!

Ratings and reviews

The app has stopped working. The app no longer can find my location. I even put the location in manually, and it still will not give the heat index for the location. I tried clearing the data and uninstalling and reinstalling the app, but the app still does not work. I installed another app that gives the heat safety information I need.

Temperature readings are not always up to date, so I might underestimate the risk. The calculator option can make up for this, but only if the temperature and humidity ratings are known values. Otherwise, information is clear and easy to use. If the weather readings would update to current conditions, I'd give 5 stars.

It will not collect data for my location anymore. It worked for a solid year and suddenly stopped. I have rebooted, cleared cache, even uninstalled and reinstalled the app. It is not working. I am gravely disappointed as a fire department safety officer relying on an OSHA product to determine our heat extremes each shift is critical.

What’s new

Uses the new NOAA Weather API Service.