SWS Indoor Heat Stress

Occupational heat exposure affects a wide range of industries and workers in both outdoor and indoor work settings without adequate climate controls are at risk of hazardous heat exposure. Certain heat-generating processes, machinery, and equipment can also cause hazardous heat when cooling measures are not in place. These high temperatures in manufacturing settings can cause drops in individual worker productivity and put people at risk of heat-related illnesses such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Although much focus is placed on outdoor workers, especially in the summer sun it is important to note indoor workers are susceptible to heat illness as well.