Heat Safety in the Workplace: Modified Delphi Consensus to Establish Strategies and Resources to Protect the US Workers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Adams WM ; Benjamin CL ; Brewer GJ ; Casa DJ ; DeGroot DW ; Filep EM ; Flouris AD ; Fulcher J ; Grundstein AJ ; Hosokawa Y ; Hostler D ; Huggins RA ; Jacklitsch, Brenda L. ; Jardine JF ; Lopez RM ; McCarthy RB ; McDermott BP ; McQuerry ML ; Morrissey MC ; Pitisladis Y ; Pryor RR ; Schlader ZJ ; Smith CJ ; Smith, Denise L. ; Spector JT ; Stearns RL ; Vanos JK ; Vargas NT ; Williams WJ ; Yeargin SW
• Description:
  The purpose of this consensus document was to develop feasible, evidence-based occupational heat safety recommendations to protect the US workers that experience heat stress. Heat safety recommendations were created to protect worker health and to avoid productivity losses associated with occupational heat stress. Recommendations were tailored to be utilized by safety managers, industrial hygienists, and the employers who bear responsibility for implementing heat safety plans. An interdisciplinary roundtable comprised of 51 experts was assembled to create a narrative review summarizing current data and gaps in knowledge within eight heat safety topics: (a) heat hygiene, (b) hydration, (c) heat acclimatization, (d) environmental monitoring, (e) physiological monitoring, (f) body cooling, (g) textiles and personal protective gear, and (h) emergency action plan implementation. The consensus-based recommendations for each topic were created using the Delphi method and evaluated based on scientific evidence, feasibility, and clarity. The current document presents 40 occupational heat safety recommendations across all eight topics. Establishing these recommendations will help organizations and employers create effective heat safety plans for their workplaces, address factors that limit the implementation of heat safety best-practices and protect worker health and productivity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Heat Risk Management Health Protection Heat-related Illness Heat Exposure Heat Stress Occupational Occupational Exposure Recommendations Risk Management Safety Safety Measures Worker Safety

  More +
• ISSN:
  2471-1403
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Arkansas ; Connecticut ; District of Columbia ; Florida ; Georgia ; Indiana ; New York ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSI - Division of Science Integration ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063439
• Citation:
  GeoHealth 2021 Aug; 5(8):e2021GH000443
• Contact Point Address:
  Margaret C. Morrissey, Department of Kinesiology, Korey Stringer Institute, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, CT, USA
• Email:
  Margaret.morrissey@uconn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  GeoHealth
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9ff4ddfd6f69135aefa6dbc899ad38384228fb12f98a74029a54f6274c9979eb1c374744ac260add1f18031f71d9c6e9d4b5e76373ea760d0e72f4d80c83bc2a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226504/cdc_226504_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 945.41 KB ]