Assessing Heat Stress and Health among Construction Workers in a Changing Climate: A Review

Acharya, Payel; Boggess, Bethany; Zhang, Kai

doi:10.3390/ijerph15020247

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“…With the increasing frequency of heat waves and hotter summers, we should expect to see more occupational injuries overall. Higher incidence of occupational injuries is associated with higher ambient temperatures for temperature sensitive industries such as Construction, Agriculture, Forestry, and Utility Servicing 8,9,40,41 …”

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Heat related illness among workers in Washington State: A descriptive study using workers' compensation claims, 2006‐2017

Hesketh

Wuellner

Robinson

et al. 2020

American J Industrial Med

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Background Heat related illness (HRI) places a significant burden on the health and safety of working populations and its impacts will likely increase with climate change. The aim of this study was to characterize the demographic and occupational characteristics of Washington workers who suffered from HRI from 2006 to 2017 using workers' compensation claims data. Methods We used Washington workers' compensation data linked to weather station data to identify cases of work‐related HRI. We utilized Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System codes, International Classification of Diseases 9/10 codes, and medical review to identify accepted and rejected Washington State (WA) workers' compensation claims for HRI from 2006 to 2017. We estimated rates of HRI by industry and evaluated patterns by ambient temperature. Results We detected 918 confirmed Washington workers' compensation HRI claims from 2006 to 2017, 654 were accepted and 264 were rejected. Public Administration had the highest third quarter rate (131.3 per 100 000 full time employees [FTE]), followed by Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting (102.6 per 100 000 FTE). The median maximum daytime temperature was below the Washington heat rule threshold for 45% of the accepted HRI claims. Latinos were estimated to be overrepresented in HRI cases. Conclusion The WA heat rule threshold may not be adequately protecting workers and racial disparities are present in occupational HRI. Employers should take additional precautions to prevent HRI depending on the intensity of heat exposure. States without heat rules and with large industry sectors disproportionately affected by HRI should consider regulations to protect outdoor workers in the face of more frequent and extreme heat waves.

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“…Higher incidence of occupational injuries is associated with higher ambient temperatures for temperature sensitive industries such as Construction, Agriculture, Forestry, and Utility Servicing. 8,9,40,41 Racial and ethnic minorities in WA are more likely to face environmental exposures that place them at a greater risk of HRI.…”

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Heat related illness among workers in Washington State: A descriptive study using workers' compensation claims, 2006‐2017

Hesketh

Wuellner

Robinson

et al. 2020

American J Industrial Med

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“…Although the majority of the population owned AC, 15% (95% CI: 12, 18) stated that they used it "less than half the time" in the preceding summer during very hot weather. The top two reasons that AC owners curbed their use were their electricity bill and a desire to conserve electricity, 24% (95% CI: 18, 30) and 21% (95% CI: 16,27), respectively ( Table 2). When asked what they do when they cannot keep cool at home, the participants most frequently responded that they "stay at home even though hot" (47%, 95% CI: 41, 53).…”

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“…Further qualitative research is needed to better understand these disparities and sharpen interventions to address root causes [25]. It is also important to note that other factors, including cultural/religious [26] and occupational [27], have also been shown to contribute to heat-related vulnerability.…”

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Awareness, Risk Perception, and Protective Behaviors for Extreme Heat and Climate Change in New York City

Madrigano

Lane

Petrović

et al. 2018

ISEE Conference Abstracts

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Preventing heat-related illness and death requires an understanding of who is at risk and why, and options for intervention. We sought to understand the drivers of socioeconomic disparities in heat-related vulnerability in New York City (NYC), the perceived risk of heat exposure and climate change, and barriers to protective behaviors. A random digit dial telephone survey of 801 NYC adults aged 18 and older was conducted from 22 September-1 October, 2015. Thirteen percent of the population did not possess an air conditioner (AC), and another 15% used AC never/infrequently. In adjusted models, odds of not possessing AC were greater for non-Hispanic blacks compared with other races/ethnicities, odds ratio (OR) = 2.0 (95% CI: 1.1, 3.5), and for those with low annual household income, OR = 3.1 (95% CI: 1.8, 5.5). Only 12% reported going to a public place with AC if they could not keep cool at home. While low-income individuals were less likely to be aware of heat warnings, they were more likely to be concerned that heat could make them ill and that climate change would affect their health than participants with a higher household income, OR = 1.6 (95% CI: 1.0, 2.3). In NYC, lack of access to AC partially explains disparities in heat-related health outcomes. Our results point to opportunities for knowledge building and engagement on heat-health awareness and climate change adaptation that can be applied in NYC and other metropolitan areas to improve and target public health prevention efforts.

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“…However, this system can not measure the vital parameters of the surrounding environment. A study that provides an overview of the importance of a wireless body area network device with an embedded system to ensure the safety of construction workers has also been done [12][13]. The results of this study can be used as the basis for the development of devices to monitor the conditions of workers.…”

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Safety Helmet Implementation with Centralized Information System on Remote Monitoring Applications

Illahi

Bella

Hadiyoso

et al. 2018

LKJITI

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is standard equipment that required to ensure safety of workers. PPE equipment that used during work such as: Safety helmet, safety glass, and ear plug. PPE that being used by workers doesn’t informative yet, only serve as personal protective so evacuation prevention still looks difficult to do prior accident happened. In this research, Safety Helmet Project has been implemented with pulse sensor, temperature sensor, carbon monoxide gas sensor, and transmission media which able transmitting data to control and monitoring center. The system also supports multiuser monitoring applications that can be accessed simultaneously through the internet network. Based on test results, the comparison of measurement gap with standard tool has been obtained as temperature sensor is 0,07%, heart sensor is ± 4%. Accuracy level for temperature sensor and heart rate are 99,67% and 95,45% by various condition of test. Another test is delay of the transmitting sensor data to the website around ± 10 seconds and controlling around ± 5 seconds.

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Assessing Heat Stress and Health among Construction Workers in a Changing Climate: A Review

Cited by 167 publications

References 36 publications

Heat related illness among workers in Washington State: A descriptive study using workers' compensation claims, 2006‐2017

Heat related illness among workers in Washington State: A descriptive study using workers' compensation claims, 2006‐2017

Awareness, Risk Perception, and Protective Behaviors for Extreme Heat and Climate Change in New York City

Safety Helmet Implementation with Centralized Information System on Remote Monitoring Applications

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