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July 2025
Get Home Safe Newsletter
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Don't Let Heat Sneak Up on You This Summer
Hot conditions, indoors and out, can quickly become dangerous. Heat stress, exhaustion, and even heat stroke are real risks in many work environments, especially during summer. And when heat-related illness strikes, it impacts more than just health: it disrupts schedules, slows productivity, and endangers your entire crew.
This month, Get Home Safe North Dakota is helping employers recognize and respond to heat risk on the job. Whether it’s sun exposure outdoors or high temps around ovens, equipment, or machinery indoors, the threat is the same, and it’s often underestimated.
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What employers should know:
- Heat stroke can cause confusion, organ damage, and even death if not treated immediately.
- Indoor heat sources and lack of ventilation are just as hazardous as working in the sun.
- Fatigue, dehydration, and sunburn all lower focus and raise the risk of injury.
What you can do:
- Encourage hydration and provide access to water.
- Adjust workloads and allow time for acclimatization.
- Provide cooling breaks and shaded or ventilated rest areas.
- Educate employees on the symptoms of heat exhaustion and stroke.
- Promote UV protection like sunscreen, hats, and long sleeves for outdoor workers.
Let’s work together to keep North Dakota workers safe this summer and prevent heat-related emergencies before they happen.
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Check Out Our New Video Testimonial from Benedictine Living Bismarck
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In this month's video, we hear from Benedictine Living Bismarck's team how safety is embedded into their daily lives.
Share the video within your organization, or at meetings as a reminder that safety is achievable!
Watch this and our other videos on our YouTube Channel or the Get Home Safe Resources page. Downloadable versions of the Work and Play Snapshots and the Safety Tip videos are also available on the Get Home Safe Resources page.
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Resources to Take with You
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Download the monthly poster
Stay cool this summer!
Download July's poster pack to receive 5 posters with different header images.
Download the monthly message
Access this month's message on Staying Safe in the Heat and Sun.
This message is great to:
- Copy into a routine safety email.
- Discuss in safety meetings.
- Post on your intranet.
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Check out our Resource Page to download videos and virtual backgrounds. Shop our online store and open previous month's toolkits.
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