Heat Stress

What can you do to reduce the risks of heat stress?

It’s important that workplaces reduce the risk of heat stress ever happening. Adhering to a set of working parameters will mitigate that risk. A risk assessment should be made in the relevant workplace, prior to putting any of these working practices into action. The following recommendations refer to the UK Government’s Health and Safety Executive’ own recommendations as of June 2019. You should consult your own country’s government portal if you are not working in the UK.

• Control the temperature

  • Change the way you work
  • Use air conditioning or fans to disperse heat away from workers
  • Use physical barriers to dissipate radial heat

• Reduce work rate

  • Regulate access to hot environment by putting processes in place: working permits, physical barriers and regular rest breaks in cooler conditions all help reduce the risks.

• Prevent dehydration

  • Workers sweat in hot environments. Sweat must be replaced with cool water. Producing and drinking cool water frequently in small amounts is recommended in all high risk workplaces.
• Provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs)
  • Specialised clothing systems that cool wearers are available

So what can Techniche do?

Techniche is committed to reducing the risk of heat stress in the workplace. Our wearable cooling products are designed to target key areas of the body in order to cool the wearer and reduce the risks of working at high temperature.

The UK’s HSE specifically recommends providing workers with suitable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).