Empirical Prediction of Physiological Response to Prolonged Work in Encapsulating Protective Clothing

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• Personal Author:
  Bishop P ; Ray P ; Reneau P ; Smith J ; Wang MQ
• Description:
  An attempt was made to develop a technique which could be used to predict physical work capacity of workers performing short term duties while wearing encapsulating protective clothing in a mild ambient environment. A total of 55 volunteers participated in bench step exercises in two different temperature environments and at two different work rates. Even though it was possible to develop useful equations to account for 13% and 24% of the variance in work performance, the precision of the equations was much lower than that which had been observed earlier in the pilot tests. The authors suggest that simple screening measures may be used to identify particularly tolerant and intolerant workers, but that management of workers in protective clothing will have to rely on individual personal monitoring of some combination of field tests plus other measures. The authors suggest that their findings may be immediately useful in efforts to maximize worker productivity while minimizing safety risks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Control-technology Heat-exposure Heat-stress NIOSH-Grant Personal-protective-equipment Physical-exercise Work-capability
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-85
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00231892
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-105175
• Citation:
  Human Performance Laboratory and Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1995 Dec; :1-85
• Contact Point Address:
  Human Development and Family Life, University of Alabama, Box 870312, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0312
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19930101
• Source Full Name:
  Human Performance Laboratory and Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• End Date:
  19950914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3ae98022eab2269328a8d40ce4b87881ae55114d331a400dd750e6ff21c29ae1de2f08722bb9a2cdeb47e33daf081bc8b1baf48cba9813316d22bfe5321b424c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217861/cdc_217861_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.67 MB ]