ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2019
Estimating Occupational Heat Exposure From Personal Sampling of Public Works Employees in Birmingham, Alabama.
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- Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring in the Built Environment: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Pooled it
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- Wearable device-based interventions in heat-exposed outdoor workers - a scoping review and an explanatory intervention model.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Heat risks in agriculture: Microclimate variability and worker safety in sweet corn and tobacco.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2025Article
- Summarizing Recommendations for the Prevention of Occupational Heat-Related Illness in Outdoor Workers: A Scoping Review.Workplace health & safety · 2025Article
- Mixed methods assessment of personal heat exposure, sleep, physical activity, and heat adaptation strategies among urban residents in the Boston area, MA.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Wearables for Measuring Health Effects of Climate Change-Induced Weather Extremes: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Article
- Understanding occupational heat exposure in the United States and proposing a quantifying stress index.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- A community-engaged approach to understanding environmental health concerns and solutions in urban and rural communities.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Occupational heat exposure and the risk of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional origin in the United States.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2021Review
- Characterization of heat index experienced by individuals residing in urban and rural settings.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study investigated whether using thermometers clipped on workers' shoes would result in different heat exposure estimation and work-rest schedules compared with using area-level meteorological data alone.
methodsAlabama workers (n = 51) were individually monitored using thermometers on shoes. Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) was estimated using thermometer temperatures (WBGT [personal]) or nearby weather station temperatures (WBGT [WS]). Work-rest schedules were determined from WBGT, clothing, and hourly metabolic rates estimated from self-reported tasks and bodyweight.
resultsThe percent of hours exceeding the threshold limit value (TLV, ACGIH, Cincinnati, OH) were estimated at 47.8% using WBGT (personal) versus 42.1% using WBGT (WS). For work-rest recommendations, more hours fell into the most protective schedule (0 to 15 min work/45 to 60 min rest) using WBGT (personal) versus WBGT (WS) (17.4% vs 14.4%).
conclusionsTemperatures from wearable thermometers, together with meteorological data, can serve as an additional method to identify occupational heat stress exposure and recommend work-rest schedules.
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