Proceedings of a NIOSH Workshop on Recommended Heat Stress Standards

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Papers and reports from the 1979 Workshop on Recommended Heat Stress Standards are presented. The workshop participants included experts from industry, labor, OSHA, and academia, and was conducted under the auspices of NIOSH. Papers were presented on topics such as heat stress tolerance testing, comparison of heat action stress levels, and design of work rest schedules for hot jobs. Preemployment selection criteria for hot job workers also are discussed along with accident prevention methods. Recommendations are included for an improved heat stress standard and for additional research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Heat-exposure Heat-stress Industrial-hygiene Medical-research NIOSH-Author
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences ; DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-182
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115738
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-180837
• Citation:
  Dukes-Dobos FN; Henschel A, eds. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 81-108, 1980 Dec; :1-182
• Editor(s):
  Dukes-Dobos FN; Henschel A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:088d09f5c1a0066e12ab725dadc49e20dcdf387fceb1aca0b87417dc0a411ea093c1fb1e9423d23e467120e2ee3934c3cfa87fd933a36fb9971021064d440da4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209416/cdc_209416_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.77 MB ]