An employee shows signs of heat exhaustion — heavy sweating, dizziness, and nausea — while working outdoors. The employer's most appropriate immediate response is to:

Explanation

Section 3395(f)(2)(A) requires the supervisor to take immediate action commensurate with the severity of the illness, and (f)(2)(C) is explicit: an employee exhibiting signs or symptoms of heat illness shall be monitored and shall not be left alone or sent home without being offered on-site first aid or provided with emergency medical services. That single sentence disposes of (b), which is the answer most often given and the one behind a number of deaths - workers who drove themselves home and collapsed on the way. Option (c) borrows the five-minute minimum from the preventative cool-down rest in (d)(3), which is what a well worker takes before anything is wrong; (d)(3)(C) separately bars ordering anyone back to work until signs and symptoms have abated. Option (a) leaves a symptomatic worker in the heat.