Stop telling Cal/OSHA the walk-in door is your heat program.
Line cooks already know it is hot. RestShade watches the kitchen, stores the heat index and controls you used, and keeps the signed log without anyone checking forecasts. Most days you do nothing. When indoor thresholds cross, it flags the site and pings the right people.
The problem
Health inspectors and Cal/OSHA do not accept a sticky note on the walk-in. Kitchens are the classic indoor heat case with no paperwork behind it.
How RestShade helps
RestShade generates the indoor program from the controls you actually run and stores the heat index per shift with a supervisor sign-off.
What you walk away with
- A written indoor program that names your hoods, fans, and cool-down spot
- Heat index on file for the shifts that ran hot
- A record that survives turnover on the line
What RestShade handles
- California T8 3396 at 82 F program and heat index 87 F controls
- Cool-down area and water duties on the same record as the reading
- Spanish plan text and training for kitchen crews
- No sensors or new hardware required
How it works
- RestShade sets the kitchen as an indoor site T8 3396 replaces outdoor shade rules automatically.
- Heat index on the line is watched each shift Program and control tiers evaluate in the background during service.
- Managers sign when thresholds cross Reading, controls, and acknowledgment close the shift without a forecast ritual.
Frequently asked questions
- Who takes the reading during service? Usually the manager or shift lead before the rush. It is one number and a short checklist.
- Does this handle multiple locations? Yes. Each location is a site, and the packet covers all of them.
- What if we already have a safety binder? Keep it. RestShade adds the part the binder does not have, which is a dated reading and a signed daily record.
Related guides
- Indoor heat: measure and record under 3396
- California heat illness requirements
- English and Spanish heat and smoke training