For example,
Authorities call caution until end:
A heat wave falls in southern Quebec. Similarly, Ontario, as well as in the Maritimes until Wednesday. Similarly, The Committee on Standards, Equity, Health and Occupational Safety (CNESST) calls workers outside prudence.
Data from Cness show a 260 % increase in professional lesions due to heat episodes overwhelming since 2015.
Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for several regions in southern Ontario and Quebec. Consequently, Temperatures oscillate around 30 degrees Celsius, with a humidx index up to 40. Similarly, This mass of hot air. Consequently, coming from the Gulf of Mexico, extends from Windsor to Gaspésie and should persist until Tuesday evening in these regions.
Construction workers are particularly vulnerable to heat waves, said the CNESST. (Archives photo)
Photo: Canadian press / Christinne Muschi
External workers. such as construction workers who just come back from vacation, are among the most vulnerable populations.
Heatwork represents certain dangers for the health and safety of workers
underlines the communications manager of the CnessRébéca Gautron.
The main dangers are dehydration and discomfort that are connected to heat. It can lead to dizziness, a loss of balance, a loss of consciousness, even the death
she said.
She recalls that dehydration and heat -related discomfort can cause dizziness, loss of balance, losses of consciousness, even death
.
The professor. researcher at the Montreal Cardiology Institute, Daniel Gagnon, abounds in the same direction: Exhaustion due to heat can be potentially deadly if it is not recognized and treated quickly
He said on ICI-Dri on Monday.
Recommended measures – Authorities call caution until end
The communications manager of CnessRébéca Gautron, recalls the importance of taking breaks for the health and safety authorities call caution until end of workers.
To prevent negative health effects. Cness recommended :
- Increase the duration and frequency of breaks depending on heat;
- Take breaks in air -conditioned or shade spaces;
- To adjust the pace of work and postpone non -essential physical tasks;
- Provide fresh water and fans to promote air circulation.
Employees who do not work in air -conditioned areas should also benefit from prolonged rest periods. according to Rébéca Gautron.
Environment Canada recommends monitoring the first risks of heat exhaustion that include Headaches. nausea, dizziness, thirst, dark urine and intense fatigue
.
A cold front scheduled for Wednesday. Thursday
In Ontario and Quebec, heat and humidity will be felt until the passage of a cold authorities call caution until end front on Wednesday. The Atlantic provinces will be exposed to heat until Thursday.
Currently, a mass of air from the Gulf of Mexico brings heat and humidity. A cold front will transport a cooler air mass. He will sweep the country from west to east
said Gérald Cheng, meteorologist at Environment Canada.
With the information of Louis-Philippe Trozzo, Philippe L’Heureux and de la Presse Canada
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