Solar energy industry workers under climate change: A risk assessment of the level of heat stress experienced by a worker based on measured data

Samaniego-Rascón, Danyela; Silva, Manuel Gameiro da; Ferreira, Almerindo D.; Cabanillas-López, Rafael Enrique

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.04.042

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“…31 , 33 , 36 , 37 The work environment’s occupational risks include working for long hours in extreme temperatures and work requirements under strong winds, hail, typhoons, near/with water, etc. 29 , 30 …”

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“…To avoid the ill effects of heat, the authors recommend scheduling heavy tasks for early morning and before evening. 30 Kim and Lee 76 also inform that there is expected to be a loss in working capacity (ultimately affecting productivity) in 52 occupations in the Republic of Korea due to the rise in Wet-bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) as a result of climate change. They recommend providing real-time information to workers to help them understand the causes and effects of heat stress.…”

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“…31,33,36,37 The work environment's occupational risks include working for long hours in extreme temperatures and work requirements under strong winds, hail, typhoons, near/with water, etc. 29,30 Solar PV projects are usually located in areas where solar irradiation is high and involves outdoor work. Therefore, heat stress is a critical occupational risk factor for solar workers.…”

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Emerging OSH Issues in Installation and Maintenance of Floating Solar Photovoltaic Projects and Their Link with Sustainable Development Goals

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Emerging issues of occupational safety and health (OSH) in floating solar photovoltaic projects (FSPV) have rarely been addressed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The current scoping review has been planned to demonstrate OSH issues experienced by the workers engaged in the installation and maintenance of FSPV projects and existing ergonomics design interventions in the solar photovoltaic industry with a focus on the FSPV sector. Methods: A literature review was conducted from four major electronic databases (Science Direct, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus) using predefined keywords and following the PRISMA framework for the period 1965-2020. A total of 49 studies under five headings, namely a) overview of key reasons for the emergence of floating solar photovoltaic projects, b) occupational risks of workers engaged in the solar PV industry/FSPV sector, c) occupational risks in workplaces/occupations similar to floating solar photovoltaics projects, d) availability of training modules and occupational standards, and e) design interventions/approaches in the solar PV industry/floating photovoltaics sector were analyzed. Results: It emerged that workers are exposed to multifarious occupational risk factors such as heat, solar radiation, ergonomic risks, electrocution, fire, hazardous substances, adverse weather conditions, and psychosocial factors. These risks have not been adequately addressed with required interventions in the FSPV sector. Intervention opportunities include designing innovative tools, lowering of loads, redesigning workplace layouts, introducing job aids, automation, task rotation, job enlargement, design of training modules, OSH standards and changes in work organization/shift, etc. Conclusion:This review is a first-of-its-kind effort to highlight the contextual risk factors in the emerging FSPV sector and the need for addressing them through ergonomics design interventions for successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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“…Yine iş kazalarının meydana gelmesinde yetersiz sıvı alımının da önemli bir etken olduğu vurgulanmıştır (Varghese vd., 2020 (Venugopal vd., 2020). Başka bir araştırmada ise; çelik sanayi işçilerinin yüksek ortam sıcaklığına sahip tropikal ortamlarda çalışması sonucu meydana gelen hastalıkların bilindiğine dikkat çekilerek aşırı ısının işçi üretkenliğini olumsuz etkilediği belirtilmiştir (Krishnamurthy vd, 2017;Samaniego-Rascon, 2019).…”

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Özet Yüksek sıcaklıklarda çalışan işçiler için en önemli sorunlardan birisi de ısı stresinin ortaya koyduğu sıvı elektrolit dengesizlikleridir. Yüksek ısı, dehidratasyon gibi etkiler; iş kazaları, işçi performansı ve meslek hastalıklarıyla yakından ilişkilidir. Çeşitli iş kollarında yapılan araştırmalar, işçilerin çalışma esnasında yeteri kadar sıvı almadığını ortaya koymaktadır. Özellikle yüksek mesleki ısıya maruz kalan ve fiziksel açıdan ağır işlerde çalışan işçilerin sağlık ve güvenlikleri risk altındadır. Araştırmalar; yeterli, dengeli ve uygun sıvı alımının işçi sağlığı, güvenliği ve iş verimliliği üzerinde olumlu etkilere sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Yeterli sıvı alımı iş kazalarının ve meslek hastalıklarının azaltılmasında önemli bir faktör olabilir. Tüketilen sıvının sıklığı ve miktarı kadar türü de önem arz etmektedir. Bununla birlikte sıvı ihtiyacının karşılanmasında en temel besin maddesinin su olduğu unutulmamalıdır. Bu çalışmada ısı stresinin oluşturduğu sıvı elektrolit dengesizliklerinin iş sağlığı ve güvenliği üzerine etkileri incelenmiştir. Sonuç olarak iş kazalarının ve meslek hastalıklarının azaltılması ve iş verimliliğin artırılması için işçi beslenmesinin düzenlenmesi gerekir. Bu düzenlenme çalışma koşullarına göre uzman kişilerce yapılmalıdır.

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“…Risk assessment of occupational hazards is one critical process in the OHS practices, which aims to ensure the health and safety of workers, and minimize the losses and damages (Gul 2018). Therefore, it is imperative to identify, assess and reduce the high-risk occupational hazards for improving the health and safety of workers (Samaniego-Rascón et al 2019). In recent years, the studies on OHS is steadily growing, covering a variety of industries, such as manufacturing (Dabbagh and Yousefi 2019), construction (Khan et al 2019), transportation (Atombo et al 2017) and solar energy (Samaniego-Rascón et al 2019) industries.…”

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Occupational health and safety risk assessment using an integrated SWARA-MABAC model under bipolar fuzzy environment

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Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a systemic and multidisciplinary activity for anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling the hazards that may impair the health of workers. Risk assessment of hazards plays a critical role in the OHS. However, due to the vagueness and uncertainty of information, it is difficult for experts to express their opinions with crisp numbers in the risk assessment process. In this paper, we present a new OHS model, which integrates bipolar fuzzy sets (BFSs) and multi-attributive border approximation area comparison (MABAC) method, for the risk assessment of occupational hazards. Specifically, the BFSs are utilized to deal with the vague and uncertain assessment information of hazards provided by experts and the MABAC method is used to determine the risk ranking of hazards. Moreover, we extend the stepwise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) method with BFSs to obtain the weights of risk criteria. Finally, the occupational hazard risk assessment example on construction sites is conducted and a comparative analysis is performed to verify the effectiveness and availability of our proposed OHS model. The results show that the new integrated model provides a more effective and practical method for the risk prioritization of occupational hazards in OHS. Keywords Occupational health and safety (OHS) • Bipolar fuzzy set • Stepwise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) • Multi-attributive border approximation area comparison (MABAC) • Risk assessment Mathematics Subject Classification 90B25 • 90B50 • 91B06 Communicated by Marcos Eduardo Valle.

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Solar energy industry workers under climate change: A risk assessment of the level of heat stress experienced by a worker based on measured data

Cited by 32 publications

References 26 publications

Emerging OSH Issues in Installation and Maintenance of Floating Solar Photovoltaic Projects and Their Link with Sustainable Development Goals

Emerging OSH Issues in Installation and Maintenance of Floating Solar Photovoltaic Projects and Their Link with Sustainable Development Goals

Isi Stresi̇ Ve Sivi Aliminin Çalişan Sağliği Ve Güvenli̇ği̇ Üzeri̇ne Etki̇leri̇

Occupational health and safety risk assessment using an integrated SWARA-MABAC model under bipolar fuzzy environment

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