Under California's heat illness prevention standard, when the temperature reaches 95°F, an employer must implement "high-heat procedures." These procedures include:

Explanation

Section 3395(e) lists the high-heat procedures: maintaining effective communication so employees can reach a supervisor; observing employees for alertness and symptoms, by supervisor observation of 20 or fewer employees, a mandatory buddy system, regular contact with a sole employee, or other effective means; designating employees authorised to call emergency medical services; reminding employees throughout the shift to drink plenty of water; and holding a pre-shift meeting to review the procedures. Option (a) is a real rule from the same subsection attached to the wrong industry - (e)(6) gives the ten-minute cool-down rest every two hours to employees in AGRICULTURE, not to construction. Option (c) is the shade duty, which starts above 80 degrees under (d)(1) and is owed long before 95. Option (b) is invented: nothing in the standard caps the working day at any temperature.