Heatwave in India – implications for workers

It’s rare that the concerns of ordinary workers makes the news in Europe, but over the past few days there have been reports in the British press about fatalities being caused by a severe heatwave in India. (Picture Source; http://www.commondreams) According to the Guardian over 2,200 people have died Andhra Pradesh has been hit the

Feeling the Heat

My second presentation at the Health and Wellbeing at Work event last Tuesday focused on managing heat stress in the workplace. The risks from working in hot environments is often neglected, but there have been a number of fatalities, and some serious, but non-fatal incidents, in the UK recent years due to workers experiencing heat

TLVs for heat stress

This week we’re running the BOHS module M201 Thermal environment and non-ionising radiation (including lighting). This is one of the optional modules and most hygienists will only come across problems related to these topics on rare occasions. Consequently, after the course, it can be difficult to keep up to date with new research and developments.