This extreme heat isn't just uncomfortable- it's dangerous. And if you work outdoors, it's important to protect yourself.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has a new mobile app to help keep workers stay safe in extreme heat.
For construction workers, Jonathon Pence and Jerry Clein, staying hydrated is a priority.
"Just constant water breaks, you work until you don't sweat anymore then you refill with water so you have something to sweat again," said Pence.
"It is warm, its awful warm, and it stays this way," Clein said.
With a scorching heat wave this weekend, temperatures are expected to soar into the triple digits.
"Find someplace in the shade, drink a little bit of water and go back at it," Clein said.
And heat exhaustion is an issue they both battle every day.
Which is something the Occupational Safety Health Administration-- OSHA-- wants to prevent.
The app allows workers to calculate the heat index for their work site and displays a risk level to outdoor workers.
All you have to do is input the temperature and humidity and it shows you the heat index.
"A lot of times you don't realize what the humidity level is, and more important is not necessarily temperature but humidity," Clein said.
They're hoping workers will use it to prevent heat related illnesses and fatalities.
- Get OSHA's new heat index app for Android HERE and for i-pad HERE
Jonathon Pence downloaded the app right away. "When your working you don't pay a lot of attention to how you feel, you just keep working, because you have a job to get done, but if you have something that tells you what the warning signs are, and you start feeling that then you will pull back and know that you are at risk."
And knowing the risk can save your life. Employers are responsible for the health and safety of workers on the job.
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