Heat Stress in Construction: Hazard Alert

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• Corporate Authors:
  Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Description:
  Heat is a serious hazard in construction. Your body builds up heat when you work and sweats to get rid of extra heat. But sometimes your body may not cool off fast enough. This can happen, say, if you are up on a roof pouring hot asphalt or you are lifting heavy loads. Too much heat can make you tired, hurt your job performance, and increase your chance of injury. You can get skin rash. You can also get: Dehydration - when your body loses water, you can't cool off fast enough - you feel thirsty and weak; Cramps - you can get muscle cramps from the heat even after you leave work; Heat exhaustion - you feel tired, nauseous, headachy, and giddy (dizzy and silly) - your skin is damp and looks muddy or flushed - you may faint; Heat stroke - you may have hot dry skin and a high temperature - or you may feel confused - you may have convulsions or become unconscious; Heat stroke can kill you unless you get emergency medical help. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Fluids Body Temperature Construction Industry Construction Materials Hazardous Substances Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Body-fluid-balance Body-fluids Body-temperature Climatic-conditions Climatic-effects Climatic-factors Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Hazards Health-hazards Heat-stress Heat-stroke Heat-tolerance Hot-environments Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039449
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 2005 Dec; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO: CPWR, Suite 1000, 8484 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Heat stress in construction: hazard alert
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5c73ebd871b88b5035c7cd9a0f5668e3fcdb3efd375b2f2121e7ae3c55cf1aa46bbdbc5a8f9d7b4770f6135d22d94e64d1ddb8937a6a29b615c0ec2cddf99628
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213083/cdc_213083_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 23.53 KB ]