| Document ID (ISN) | 39621 |
| CIS number |
83-681 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Cahiers de notes documentaires - Sécurité et hygiène du travail |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Rapp R., Aubertin G. |
| Title |
Working conditions in hot workplaces - A study of glass manufacture by craftsmen |
| Original title |
Conditions de travail à la chaleur - Etude de la verrerie à la main [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
1st quarter 1983, No.110, Note n°1404-110-83, p.1-19. Illus. 25 ref. |
| Abstract |
About 3,000 glass-workers were studied to evaluate their thermal stress at different workplaces using the following indicators: increase in body-core temperature, WBGT index and sweat rate. Results show a hich (very high in fact) thermal stress in 40% of the jobs studied. In the summer, the percentage is around 60%, and for 5% of jobs the stress is above the danger threshold. Suggestions are made for reducing thermal stress, and the efficiency of the methods proposed is evaluated. An example is given of the estimated efficiency of certain radiation protections after the setting up of heat-stress prevision programmes which enable isoradiation curves to be plotted. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
heat load; protection against heat; radiant heat; hot workplaces; glass industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
weather; sweat secretion during effort; heat stress indices; heat stress assessment; metabolic balance; infrared radiation; thermal environment |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Heating, ventilation and climate
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Heat and cold
Glass, pottery and related materials
|
