Cal/OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention Standards Event

ASSP Long Beach Presents:

It’s Getting Hot Everywhere — Cal/OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention Standards: Outdoors, Indoors, and What Every Safety Pro Needs to Know

Presented by: Allyson Clark, CSP, CHMM

• Founder, Plaid Safety
• Former President, ASSP Long Beach Chapter
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) & Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)
• Qualified Industrial Storm Water Practitioner (QISP)

About This Session:

California is often the leading edge of occupational safety regulation — and heat illness prevention is no exception. What Cal/OSHA requires today frequently signals where federal OSHA and other states are headed tomorrow. Whether you work in California or not, understanding how a state with one of the most stringent heat illness frameworks in the country approaches outdoor and indoor heat protection gives you a meaningful advantage when building or updating your own program.

This session focuses on Cal/OSHA’s Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard (§3395) — covering written plans, training, high-heat procedures, shade, water, acclimatization, and emergency response — and takes a comparative look at the new indoor regulation (§3396). Attendees outside California will walk away with a clear picture of best-in-class heat illness standards they can benchmark against and adapt for their own operations and jurisdictions.

What You Will Learn:

• The core requirements of Cal/OSHA’s Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard (§3395) — a benchmark for heat programs nationwide
• Key compliance triggers, including temperature thresholds and high-heat procedures, and how they compare to federal OSHA guidance
• Best practices for water, shade, rest breaks, acclimatization, and emergency response that apply regardless of jurisdiction
• How the new indoor heat illness regulation (§3396) works and where it overlaps with — and diverges from — the outdoor standard
• How to use California’s framework as a model to strengthen your own heat illness program, whether you operate in California or not
• What Cal/OSHA inspectors look for — documentation requirements and common citations you can learn from before enforcement comes to your state

Who Should Attend:

Safety professionals, EHS managers, HR personnel, operations leaders, and anyone responsible for protecting workers from heat hazards — in California or beyond. This session is especially valuable for those in construction, agriculture, landscaping, transportation, warehousing, manufacturing, and any other industry where heat exposure is a risk.

Why Attend — Even If You’re Not in California:

Heat illness is one of the most preventable — and most cited — workplace hazards in the country. Federal OSHA is actively developing a national heat illness standard, and several states are already moving in California’s direction. Attending this session gives you a front-row seat to the most comprehensive heat illness regulatory framework in the U.S., practical tools you can put to work immediately, and the ability to get ahead of wherever your own state’s standards are heading.

Join us live or virtually — this session is relevant wherever heat puts workers at risk!

Additional Information

1. Lunch will be provided for each in-person attendee from 12:00-12:30 PM PST.
2. In-person event is $15. Virtual attendance is free.
3. Parking is $10.
4. CEUs will be awarded for attendance at all Education and Networking Sessions during the 26-27 term (July 1 – June 30).
5. The event is intended for in-person learning and networking. Virtual attendance is also available for those outside the area or unable to attend in person. Please use the “Virtual Registration” button to register for the online option.

Venue: California State University Dominguez Hills – Extended Education Auditorium
Address: 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, California, 90747, United States

Description:
Attendees are encouraged to park in Lot 3 or Lot 6, closest to the Extended Education Classroom building. Parking is $10.00/day. Parking meters are located in the corners of each lot.