Problems of evaluating heat stress in situations where non-acclimatized workers are exposed infrequently to partially non-predictable heat stress.

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• Personal Author:
  Williams N
• Description:
  Problems of evaluating heat stress are discussed for situations in which workers undertake jobs infrequently in an environment which is changeable and unpredictable, a situation fairly common in maintenance and repair work. A telephone cable hauling and splicing operation is described which takes place in underground tunnels. Temperature, humidity, and air velocity data are given. Oral temperature and pulse rates of workers were determined before and after three hours work in a tunnel.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Digestive System Digestive System Diseases Electromagnetic Phenomena Hematopoietic System Lymphatic System Metals Metals, Heavy Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Poisoning Race Factors Radiation Radiation Injuries Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sex Characteristics

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• Keywords:
  Communications; Environment Grants: Other Heat-stress NIOSH-Grant Repairing Temperature-measurement Thermal-environment Working-areas Working-conditions
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  163-167
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056211
• Citation:
  Standards for occupational exposures to hot environments. Horvath SM, Jensen RC, eds. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-100, 1976 Jan; :163-167
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants: Other
• Performing Organization:
  Industrial Health Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19720101
• End Date:
  19730630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:65b46c96452874ca4de357f39b2cf4365bdba8a66b5b92caf43ef252c15a558a835ddfabd9cbff6127ba621f6bdba59aa3b2205bc18e47f230b0c0f30ea84007
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178728/cdc_178728_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 300.96 KB ]