| Document ID (ISN) | 101089 |
| CIS number |
03-390 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0788-4877 - African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety |
| Year |
1994 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Beshir M.Y., Kähkönen E., Makambaya S., Hanna G.B., Crockford J., Muchiri F.K., Dees G.C.D., Mgeni A.Y., Lehtinen S. |
| Title |
Thermal work environment |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 1994, Vol.4, No.1, p.1-23 (whole issue). Illus. 24 ref. |
| Abstract |
This issue is primarily devoted to the topic of thermal work environments. Contents: thermal work environments and ISO standards; work in cold environments; review of a heat stress study in Tanzania involving several sectors (manufacture of farm tools, production of corrugated steel sheets, foundry, glass works); thermal analysis of buildings in new urban settlements in Egypt; work-wear and protective clothing for use in hot workplaces in developing countries. Other topics: chemical safety in small-scale industries in Kenya; mortality of employees from 1989 to 1992 in a pulp and paper mill in Swaziland; role of WHO in promoting occupational health in Africa. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational safety and health; Africa; thermal environment; conditions of work; developing countries; ILO |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
corrugated roof panels; hot workplaces; Egypt; Kenya; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; WHO; ISO; mortality; chemical safety; heat load; buildings; hand tools; pulp and paper industry; glass industry; foundries; cold workplaces; standard; small enterprises |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Egypt; Finland; United Kingdom; ILO; Kenya; Swaziland; Zimbabwe |
| Subject(s) |
Heating, ventilation and climate
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Heat and cold
OSH in developing countries
|
