Occupational heat stress management: Does one size fit all?

Notley, Sean R.; Flouris, Andreas D.; Kenny, Glen P.

doi:10.1002/ajim.22961

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“…This further underscores the importance of developing personalized heat mitigation strategies to optimize human health, well‐being, and productivity in the face of urban overheating. However, to do so effectively, further research is warranted in several areas, including (but not limited to) potential interactions among the various individual factors on heat strain and the relative importance of each factor in determining heat illness risk (Notley et al., 2019).…”

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Integrated Assessment of Urban Overheating Impacts on Human Life

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Urban overheating, driven by global climate change and urban development, is a major contemporary challenge that substantially impacts urban livability and sustainability. Overheating represents a multifaceted threat to the well‐being, performance, and health of individuals as well as the energy efficiency and economy of cities, and it is influenced by complex interactions between building, city, and global scale climates. In recent decades, extensive discipline‐specific research has characterized urban heat and assessed its implications on human life, including ongoing efforts to bridge neighboring disciplines. The research horizon now encompasses complex problems involving a wide range of disciplines, and therefore comprehensive and integrated assessments are needed that address such interdisciplinarity. Here, our objective is to go beyond a review of existing literature and instead provide a broad overview and integrated assessments of urban overheating, defining holistic pathways for addressing the impacts on human life. We (a) detail the characterization of heat hazards and exposure across different scales and in various disciplines, (b) identify individual sensitivities to urban overheating that increase vulnerability and cause adverse impacts in different populations, (c) elaborate on adaptive capacities that individuals and cities can adopt, (d) document the impacts of urban overheating on health and energy, and (e) discuss frontiers of theoretical and applied urban climatology, built environment design, and governance toward reduction of heat exposure and vulnerability at various scales. The most critical challenges in future research and application are identified, targeting both the gaps and the need for greater integration in overheating assessments.

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Integrated Assessment of Urban Overheating Impacts on Human Life

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“…73,74 Efficient and inexpensive administrative improvement, including working hours, frequent breaks, dress codes (light color clothing), and Personal Protective Equipment, can also improve working conditions. According to Notley, Flouris, Kenny, 20 the existing “one size fits all” guidelines to manage heat stress at the workplace have failed to consider the inter-individual (age, sex, disease, others) and intra-individual (medication use, fitness, hydration, others) factors that cause extensive variability in physiological tolerance to a given heat stress. Therefore, recognition of the importance of individual risk factors and characteristics of the workers plays a fundamental role in addressing health and safety issues at the workplace.…”

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“…18,19 Risk factors for heat stress include individual susceptibility, such as age and gender, along with workers' hydration levels, workplace and environment temperature levels, and work rate and activities. 13,14,[20][21][22] Moreover, the effects of hot and humid working conditions may exacerbate if workers are unaware of heat-related illnesses and their prevention.…”

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Heat Stress-Related Symptoms among Bakery Workers in Lebanon: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Habib

El-Haddad

Halwani

et al. 2021

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Heat exposure is linked to a range of heat-related illnesses and injuries. This study assessed the association between workers’ perceptions of the work environment and reports of heat stress-related health symptoms in bakery workers in Lebanon. A national cross-sectional survey of workers was carried out in 504 bakeries in Lebanon. One worker in each bakery was interviewed using questions relating to the workplace environment and heat stress-related health symptoms. Heat and humidity measurements were recorded in bakeries. Descriptive analyses were performed, and logistic regression assessed relationships between the workplace environment, worker perceptions, and reports of heat stress-related health symptoms. In total, 47.2% of workers experienced heat stress-related symptoms, 83% perceived workplace temperatures as hot, and 48% perceived these temperatures as affecting their health. Humidex readings showed that 49% of bakeries had conditions unsafe for routine work tasks. Working under pressure (AOR = 1.65; 95% CI = 1.12-2.43), job dissatisfaction (AOR = 1.76; 95% CI = 1.12-2.79), and perceptions that high temperatures negatively affected health (AOR = 2.73; 95% CI = 1.87-3.99) were all significantly correlated to reports of heat stress-related symptoms. Females were more likely to experience heat stress-related symptoms (AOR = 1.96; 95% CI = 1.13-3.39). Workers who reported low levels of water consumption at work were also more likely to experience heat stress-related health symptoms. We conclude that heat exposure potentially impacts workers’ health in Lebanese bakeries. Improvements in workplace conditions, adequate infrastructure, and workers’ training are key interventions for maintaining workers’ health.

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“…One Clo unit represents the thermal isolation to maintain comfort and mean skin temperature at 33°C at rest in an environment with the air temperature of 21°C, relative humidity less than 50% and air velocity at 20 ft./min as defined by Gagge et al [12]. This way to measure the impact of clothing still use today in occupational health and sports enthusiast [13,14].…”

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“…The thermoregulation needed in a hot environment increases metabolism and sweat, while hydration and energy/mineral uptake can be a challenge due to this higher need [13,29,30]. Some guidelines in occupational health propose to drink around 0.23-0.25 L of cold water every 15-20 min [31].…”

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Physiological Responses to Outdoor Recreation: How it Can Help you Prepare your Outdoor Activity and How to Intervene

Parent¹,

Gadais²

2021

Outdoor Recreation - Physiological and Psychological Effects on Health

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Outdoor activity can help to promote an active lifestyle; however, it is often associated with risks from its surrounding environment. Understanding physiological responses to several outdoor activities and how to use simple monitoring tips to reduce risks will provide real-life applications in the preparation of outdoor recreation. The purpose of this chapter focuses on common stressful conditions: thermoregulation, energy demand, musculoskeletal injuries risks, sleep and recovery. These are some constraints that can be encountered in any outdoor context. The physiological responses and recommendations based on up-to-date research will provide useful methods for risk assessment and how to manage them. Finally, the health benefits from outdoor activity in different populations will complete this chapter in order to help specialists structured and adapted their intervention planning.

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Occupational heat stress management: Does one size fit all?

Cited by 32 publications

References 46 publications

Integrated Assessment of Urban Overheating Impacts on Human Life

Integrated Assessment of Urban Overheating Impacts on Human Life

Heat Stress-Related Symptoms among Bakery Workers in Lebanon: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Physiological Responses to Outdoor Recreation: How it Can Help you Prepare your Outdoor Activity and How to Intervene

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