Risk Management Magazine

Every year, dozens of workers die and thousands more become ill while working in extreme heat or humid conditions. More than 40 percent of heat-related worker deaths occur in the construction industry, but workers in every field are susceptible.

So, what’s the point of ASOHMS? Is it just another management system the Army is throwing at us? We sure don’t think so. Give it a try and find out!

When I went to work that morning, I never thought I would later be sitting in the emergency room with one broken hand and a piece of metal in the palm of the other. Complacency and overconfidence had won the day.