Cold WorkCold Weather Safety Tips for Your Car Guest post for our Northern Hemisphere readers When a freak snowstorm hit Oklahoma in March 2009, residents were caught unawares. Oklahoma usually doesn’t get much snow during the winter—much less the spring—so people weren’t prepared for such extreme weather. State highways, interstates, and turnpikes were closed by order [...]
READ MORE → Cold WorkWorking in Cold Environments Thermal Comfort Through Design & Control – a Guest Post by Tracey Cameron from www.workplace-safety.com.au Introduction: When it comes to employees working in various environments the ‘comfort zone’ is documented to be between 13 degrees C and 24 degrees C. According to the Mosby’s 2009 Medical Dictionary, temperatures of 10 degrees [...]
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