Two incidents in the Northern Territory involving workers experiencing heat stress while wearing heavy personal protective equipment (PPE) has led NTWorkSafe to investigate. While the incidents did ...
To check for heat health warnings, go to the Secure NT website or NT Health Facebook page. Heat stress can happen when your body overheats and can’t cool itself to its normal body temperature (37 ...
Heat Index may dramatically underestimate heat stress in extreme temperatures. This work compares the Heat Index (HI), developed to measure heat stress on the human body, to a recently developed ...