Heat Stress: Overview

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2017-123, February 2017
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Hot environments can be hazardous! Heat exposure can cause a range of effects on your body, from irritating rashes to heat stroke, which is often fatal. Understanding heat stress can help you to stay safe while working in hot environments. This set of heat stress fact sheets, developed by the NIOSH Mining Program, offers practical information about working in hot mining conditions. These fact sheets are intended to be used together as a set, but each fact sheet can also stand alone.

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Language: English (US)
Size: 1 MB
Developed by: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Ofrece información práctica sobre trabajar en minería en altas temperaturas.

Others in this series

Heat Stress: Acclimatization
Offers practical information about acclimiazation when working in hot mining conditions.
Heat Stress: Risk Factors
Offers practical information about risk factors for working in hot mining conditions.
Heat Stress: Hydration
Offers practical information about hydration when working in hot mining conditions.
Heat Stress: Work Schedules
Offers practical information about work schedules and working in hot mining conditions.
Heat Stress: First Aid for Heat Illness

Suggested citation

NIOSH [2017]. Heat stress overview. By Victoroff T, Yeoman K. Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-123.

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