OSHA can open a heat inspection with no complaint filed. The program runs through 2031.

Check conditions. Record actions. Have your heat records ready.

Use the OSHA–NIOSH app or another appropriate source to check conditions. HeatProof Log’s pilot service organizes your crew’s recorded actions and acknowledgments into a weekly evidence packet, with missing records visible. Crews reply through WhatsApp in English or Spanish. No app install or login.

5 pilot slots for summer 2026. Refunded if we're not a fit, or credited to your setup.

Want proof first? See the sample packet, including an open follow-up.

☀️
Cuadrilla · Calle 5
HeatProof Log, Miguel R., Supervisor
HP
HeatProof Log ☀️ Calle 5. Índice de calor: 98°F. Confirma: ¿agua y sombra listas? Manda una foto. 💧 ☀️ 5th Street. Heat index: 98°F. Confirm: water and shade ready? Send a photo. 💧 12:30
Miguel R.
Crew water cooler and shade setup on a hot job site Calle 5 · 12:34
Listo ✅ 12:34 ✓✓

Your crew answers in the app they already use. You get the records.

The records are the problem, not the safety.

Most crews already do water, shade, and rest breaks. What they can't do is prove it three months later.

  • An inspection or GC audit asks for your heat plan and daily logs first. Then it's a scramble through binders, group chats, and camera rolls.
  • Big safety suites can track this: per-seat pricing, built around a foreman filing reports, and you'd use 10% of the features. Getting every worker to sign off is still on you.
  • Paper sheets and Google Forms work until a phone dies, the sheet rides home in a truck, or nobody can find June.

Your crew’s WhatsApp replies. Your weekly evidence packet.

We set up your crew personally for the pilot. Workers reply in private WhatsApp chats, in Spanish or English.

  1. SET UP ONCE

    Share your crew list

    We confirm sites, worker languages and your logging schedule. Each worker agrees to receive WhatsApp prompts.

  2. RECORD EACH DAY

    Workers reply. You follow up.

    Workers send their own acknowledgments. The foreman sends site photos and readings. We flag missing replies for your follow-up.

  3. RECEIVE EACH WEEK

    One PDF per site

    We email your recorded readings, photos, breaks and acknowledgments, with missing records and open follow-ups visible.

Private chats with HeatProof. No group bot, new app or worker login. See the full workflow in the FAQ →

One file for your recorded actions and follow-up.

  • Daily heat-index readings per site
  • Water & shade setup photos
  • Rest-break confirmations
  • Toolbox-talk acknowledgments (e-signed, bilingual)
  • Acclimatization flags for new workers
  • Action owners, completion records and open follow-up
  • CSV export for your insurer or GC

See the full watermarked sample packet: English · Español. It is exactly the format you would forward.

Where this fits.

Safety suites (SafetyCulture, Raken, SiteDocs): great if you want inspections, certs, and project management. Per-seat pricing, and the log lives with whoever holds the seat, usually the foreman. HeatProof: one flat price, one job, every worker's own acknowledgment.

Free DIY (paper, Google Forms): works when someone owns it every day. HeatProof is for when nobody has time to own it.

Weather-station and wearable systems: enterprise-grade monitoring hardware. HeatProof is software-only evidence for crews of 10 to 75.

The math the inspector brings.

OSHA's heat National Emphasis Program lets an inspector open a case with no complaint filed, on any day the forecast heat index hits 80°F or a heat advisory is posted. No injury required: citations are written under the General Duty Clause, 5(a)(1). The heat plan and the daily records get asked for first.

$16,550

maximum fine per serious OSHA citation. $165,514 if it is called willful or repeated

$16,550 / day

failure to abate, for every day past the deadline

about $4 / day

a HeatProof crew of 25, records ready to hand over

Penalty figures: osha.gov/penalties, 2026 schedule. Inspection triggers: OSHA CPL 03-00-024, effective April 10, 2026, running five years.

One flat price. No per-seat math.

Standard

$399 setup + $129/mo

up to 25 workers, 3 active sites. Weekly packets, bilingual prompts, CSV export.

Summer Pilot: 5 slots

$199 refundable deposit

Personal setup, first month included, deposit credited to your setup fee if you continue. You get the packet; we get your feedback.

Crew 75

$399 setup + $249/mo

up to 75 workers, 10 sites, priority setup.

Cancel anytime. Your data exports with you.

FAQ

What happens after I reserve a pilot spot?

We contact you to arrange setup and confirm the start date. You share your sites, crew list, preferred languages and logging schedule. We help each worker agree to receive WhatsApp prompts and send a first reply. The pilot is personally managed; a self-service dashboard is planned, not currently available.

Does HeatProof join our crew’s WhatsApp group?

No. Each worker has a private WhatsApp conversation with HeatProof, and the supervisor receives a separate summary. Keep your existing group for normal coordination. Each acknowledgment is linked to the worker who sent it; a foreman’s reply does not stand in for the whole crew.

What does a typical day look like?

At the agreed times, workers receive Spanish or English prompts for your logging checkpoints and reply in the same chat. The foreman sends site readings and water or shade photos; workers send their own toolbox-talk and break confirmations. During the pilot, we organize the replies and flag missing records to the supervisor for follow-up.

What happens if someone does not reply?

Their acknowledgment stays missing. We flag it to the supervisor, who follows up and records what happened. An unanswered prompt is never counted as a completed break or acknowledgment, and an unresolved follow-up stays visible in the packet.

How do I receive the weekly report?

We email a PDF for each site with the supplied readings, site photos, recorded breaks, individual acknowledgments and timestamps. Missing records and unresolved follow-ups are included. You can download it and share it when records are requested. It documents submitted evidence; it does not certify compliance.

Does this make us OSHA compliant?

No, and no software can. HeatProof records what your crew did and packages the proof. The safety plan stays yours.

My crew won't download another app.

There's no app. Prompts arrive by WhatsApp; answers are a tap and a photo.

Will my crew actually answer the prompts?

One tap and one photo, in their own language, inside the app they already use. Nothing to install, no login, nothing to remember. That matters more than it sounds: when reporting means typing, translating, or logging in, participation collapses. The whole flow takes about 20 seconds. The refundable deposit is there so you can watch your own crew's response rate before you commit.

Half my crew works in Spanish.

Every prompt and acknowledgment is per-worker English or Spanish. The packet you receive is in English.

Is this surveillance of my workers?

No. What gets logged is the job site: heat-index readings, rest-break confirmations, toolbox-talk acknowledgments, and the photo the crew chooses to send. No continuous location tracking, nothing captured between prompts, no monitoring of anyone's own phone. It cuts both ways, too. The same records that answer an inspector document that breaks were offered and taken, which is what you would point to if anyone later disputes what happened, the crew as much as the company.

What if we already have a heat plan?

Even better: we digitize your plan's checkpoints as the daily prompts. No plan? We set up a standard log you can build on.

What's the deposit for?

It holds one of 5 pilot slots and filters for serious crews. Refunded any time before setup, or credited to your setup fee.

Summer's here. So are the inspections.

Five pilot crews get set up personally this month. Watch your own crew's response rate first: the deposit comes back any time before setup.

Not ready? See the sample packet in English or Español, or email hello@heatprooflog.com and we'll send one over.

Free heat-safety resources for your crew

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