California's Heat Illness Prevention regulation requires employers to provide shade when the temperature equals or exceeds what threshold?
Correct Answer
D) 95°F
California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 3395 mandates that employers provide shade when temperatures reach 95°F or higher. At this temperature threshold, shade must be present at the worksite and available when employees request it. This is part of California's comprehensive heat illness prevention requirements that exceed federal standards.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Title 8 CCR Section 3395 (Heat Illness Prevention) mandates that employers provide shade for outdoor workers when the ambient temperature reaches 95°F or higher. At this threshold, the risk of heat illness escalates sharply and shade must be immediately accessible. Below 95°F, shade must still be available upon request but need not be proactively set up.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: 85°F
85°F is below the mandatory shade threshold. While it is prudent to offer shade at 85°F, the regulation's mandatory provision requirement is triggered at 95°F, not 85°F.
Option B: 80°F
80°F is a comfortable warm temperature but well below the regulatory threshold. Cal/OSHA does not impose mandatory shade requirements at 80°F.
Option C: 90°F
90°F is a common wrong answer because it feels like a 'hot enough' threshold. However, the regulation specifically sets the mandatory shade requirement at 95°F. Between 80°F and 95°F, employers must have shade available upon employee request but need not proactively provide it.
Memory Technique
95°F = shade is mandatory. Think '95 is the threshold for California heat survival.' Or: 9 + 5 = 14, and Section 3395 has '95' in the number — the section and the temperature both end in '95.'
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