Louisiana Occupational Heat-Related Illness Prevention Program
Aiming to protect Louisiana workers and communities from the dangers of heat through data, research, collaboration, and education.
View our heat-related illness emergency department visits and deaths dashboards.
Explore DataProgram Goals
Improve heat-related illness prevention and adaptation practices for workers and employers
Improve individual and community-level resilience to extreme heat
Program Activities
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Data
We are developing a surveillance system that tracks heat-related illnesses, injuries, and fatalities in Louisiana workers and residents.
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Research
We are conducting and supporting research projects to analyze the impact of heat on Louisiana workers and communities.
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Collaborate
We are working with local, state, and national partners to study heat-related health impacts in Louisiana.
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Educate
- Our team is training Louisiana workers, employers, and community members how to prevent heat-related illness.
- We are also providing specialized training to Louisiana health care workers on the identification, treatment, and prevention of heat-related health conditions.
Resources
Publications & Reports
- Heat-Related Mortality in Louisiana, 2023
- Sugarcane Worker Dies From Heat Stroke(Report #:LA202401)
- Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits in Louisiana: Review of Syndromic Surveillance Data for April through October, 2023
- Heat-Related Illness in Louisiana: Review of Emergency Department and Hospitalization Data from 2010-2020
- Heat-Related Illness in New Orleans: Review of Emergency Department Data from 2010-2020
- Heat-Related Illness in Louisiana's Region 2: Capital Area: Review of Emergency Department Data from 2010-2020
- Heat-Related Illness in Louisiana's Region 7: Review of Emergency Department Data from 2010-2020
- Heat-Related Illness in Louisiana's Region 8: Northeast Louisiana: Review of Emergency Department Data from 2010-2020
- Louisiana Health Alert Message: Extreme Heat Poses Serious Risk of Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke, August 2023
- In Harm’s Way: Hurricane Ida’s Impact on Socially Vulnerable Communities. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 2022
- Distribution of Extreme Heat Days across Louisiana. Louisiana Morbidity Report, Environmental and Occupational Edition, 2019
- Occupational Heat-Stress Illness Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in Louisiana and its Climate Divisions, 2010-2016. Louisiana Morbidity Report, Environmental and Occupational Edition, 2019
- Heat-Stress Illness and Mortality in Louisiana. Louisiana Morbidity Report, Environmental and Occupational Edition, 2019
- Teaming Up with Local and State Agencies to Protect Louisiana’s Residents and Visitors from Extreme Heat. Louisiana Morbidity Report, Environmental and Occupational Edition, 2019
- Occupational Heat-Related Illness Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in the Southeast Region, 2007-2011. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2015
Toolkit for Employers and Workers: Heat Illness Prevention
- Heat Illness Prevention | What Employers Can do to Protect Workers from Heat: A guide to core elements of employer heat prevention activities.
- Heat Illness Prevention | What Workers Need to Know: A guide to the core elements of worker trainings.
- Heat Illness Prevention | Water, Rest and Shade: Details about the three essential prevention elements.
- Heat Illness: Know how to recognize the symptoms and respond to heat illness.
- Employer’s Daily Checklist: Use this to reinforce trainings and safe work practices
Fact Sheets
- Working In Extreme Heat: What Employers and Workers Need To Know
- Heat And Health: What You Need To Know
- Generator Safety Tips
- Heat-Related Illness Syndromic Surveillance: Case Definition & Limitations
- Heat-Related Illness ICD Diagnostic Codes
- External Cause of Morbidity Work-Related ICD Codes
Useful Links
- Heat and Medications: Guidance for Clinicians and Patients
- Online Heat-Related Illness Training
- HEAT.gov - National Integrated Heat Health
- Heat Risk
- OSHA Heat Illness Prevention
- OSHA Heat Safety Tool
- Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program
- Louisiana Office of State Climatology
- Global Heat Health Information Network