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D G A M O N T H L Y
Safety Bulletin: Safety Considerations
for the Prevention of Heat Illness
With the ever-increasing rise in temperatures, the DGA encourages
all members and studio/production personnel to familiarize
themselves with existing safety standards for the prevention of
heat illness/injury.
All efforts to prevent heat illness should conform to all applicable laws, rules,
and regulations. Moreover, every employer/production should have a Heat
Illness Prevention Plan, provide site-specific training to all employees and
supervisors, and implement emergency response procedures when necessary.
These requirements include ensuring cool-down areas, adequate hydration,
mandatory breaks, training, and hazard assessment, with additional state-specific rules such as California's 80°F trigger. If
there is a Safety Advisor on set, please reach out about their key role in ensuring applicable precautions are taken.
Be sure to follow all applicable laws, rules, and regulations in the jurisdiction where the production takes place. Heat illness
can be fatal. Because of the health risks, the symptoms of heat-related illness must be recognized. All Industry personnel have
legal and moral responsibility for safety on the set or wherever they may be working.
When it comes to safety, we all have a role to play. It is important that employees immediately report to the employer,
directly or through the employee's Supervisor, signs or symptoms of heat illness that they are experiencing or
observing in others.
Safety bulletins may be viewed or downloaded from the website www.csatf.org
In addition, the DGA is here to assist members with questions and concerns related to safety. The Guild's worldwide Safety
Hotline is in operation 24/7.
Individuals can ask safety-related questions or report an issue or accident by calling the hotline in the U.S. or internationally at
(310) 289-5326, or toll free in the U.S. and Canada at (800) 342-3457..
Abbie Brewer: 740-707-6284, ABrewer@dga.org
Bart Daudelin: 212-258-0809, BartD@dga.org
Jon Drew: 310-279-7693, JDrew@dga.org
Michael Mintz: 646-256-6264, MMintz@dga.org
Emily Pierceall: 213-321-9791, EPierceall@dga.org
Jennifer Peat: 310-289-5305, JPeat@dga.org
Alexis Soto: 323-382-1058, ASoto@dga.org
Brett Wise: 570-447-4823, BWise@dga.org
DGA CONTACT INFORMATION
OFFICES
DGA National Headquarters
Los Angeles 310-289-2000
New York 212-258-0800
DGA Website www.dga.org
REPORTING HOTLINES
Safety: 310-289-5326
Racial Harassment: 310-289-2006
Sexual Harassment: 310-289-2006
Contract Violations: 310-289-2010
For after-hours support, please leave a voicemail or email contracts@dga.org.
FIELD REPS
For contact information for Guild departments please visit www.dga.org/The-Guild/Departments
