Prediction of heat strain, revisited 1979-1980.

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• Personal Author:
  Goldman RF
• Description:
  Recent studies that provided information relevant to the recommendations made by the 1972 Criteria for a Recommended Standard on Occupational Exposure to Hot Environments, were reviewed. The emphasis was on the environmental index used (wet bulb globe temperature or wet globe temperature), allowable heat exposure, differences between males and females, the use of body temperature or heart rate to establish the physiological limit of exposure to heat, effects of age, protective clothing and acclimatization, loss and reinduction of acclimatization to heat, water requirements to compensate for body weight dehydration and salt requirements. The work practices recommended by the American Conference of Government Hygienists, regarding the work to rest ratio, which would allow the workers to retain their jobs and the industry to operate without loss of productivity under excessive hot conditions, were outlined. The author concludes that the results of the studies reviewed support some of the recommendations of the criteria document, raise questions about some others, and suggest the development of a more rational standard which would not require the shutdown of industrial facilities, while encouraging the elimination of thermal stress from the work environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Body Temperature Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Temperature
• Keywords:
  Thermal-effects; Heat-stress; Body-temperature; Thermoregulation; Age-factors; Physiological-response; Wet-bulb-thermometers; Sex-factors
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  NIOSH
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  96-109
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00168715
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Dec; :96-109
• Editor(s):
  Dukes-Dobos FN; Henschel A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of a NIOSH Workshop on Recommended Heat Stress Standards, September 17-19, 1979, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/236939/cdc_236939_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]