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Heat stress prevention<\/p>\n

The most important thing when a person goes out to work in the morning is to return home to his family safely in the evening.<\/p>\n

Portable cooling helps to avoid stress due to high temperatures and heat stroke.<\/p>\n

It is essential for companies to be concerned about the health and well-being of their workers.<\/p>\n

It is unacceptable that a worker, to perform their daily work, suffer a deterioration in their health.<\/p>\n

This year we are experiencing what is probably one of the worst heat waves in history in Europe, and in Spain in particular.<\/p>\n

The health and well-being of workers is a fundamental basic principle and a pillar in occupational risk prevention programs.<\/p>\n

And what is being done to prevent heat stress among workers in industrial buildings?<\/p>\n

Some sectors work in particularly hot environments.<\/p>\n

We can name the work with furnaces, foundries and machinery that emit heat.<\/p>\n

Some industries that use material transformation processes may also have critical work sectors with respect to high temperatures.<\/p>\n

Likewise, there are activities where an important physical effort is made.<\/p>\n

In addition, some jobs require the use of personal protective equipment that causes increased heat.<\/p>\n

Excessive heat can be the source of health and safety risks for workers.<\/p>\n

It is not only a safety issue, but also a health issue.<\/p>\n

During particularly severe heat waves, it can lead to death.<\/p>\n

Heat stress obviously impairs the ability to reason and concentrate.<\/p>\n

This decrease can lead operators to make mistakes and cause accidents at work.<\/p>\n

In addition to places such as steel mills, foundries, plastic industries, brick factories, ceramic factories, textile industry, cellulose industry, etc., in outdoor work, workers are also susceptible to heat stress.<\/p>\n

Heat stress prevention should be fundamental in companies.<\/p>\n

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Basic measures to avoid heat stress<\/h4>\n

There are several measures that should be taken to avoid heat stress due to high temperatures.<\/p>\n

Basically, workers should be informed and trained about the risks, effects and preventive measures.<\/p>\n

It is important to ensure that all workers are acclimatized to the heat depending on the physical effort they will be making.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, they must be allowed to adapt their work rhythms to their tolerance to heat.<\/p>\n

There must also be cool and refrigerated resting places; and workers must be allowed to rest when they need to, and especially when they are not feeling well.<\/p>\n

Workers should be hydrated, so fresh water should be available.<\/p>\n

When there is a heat wave, try to change, as far as possible, the work processes to reduce heat and excessive physical exertion.<\/p>\n

It is essential to lower the temperature at work stations.<\/p>\n

To cool work areas, both indoors and outdoors, there are inexpensive, practical and instant solutions.<\/p>\n

Portable cooling is one of these.<\/p>\n

Portable Cooling<\/h4>\n

There are 2 types of portable cooling; air conditioners<\/a> and evaporative coolers.<\/a><\/p>\n

While each type has its own particularities and advantages, there are qualities that make them similar.<\/p>\n