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Legislation Highlights for Heat Stress and WBGT

Heat Stress In The Workplace
Examples of workplaces where people might suffer from heat stress because of the hot environment created by the process, or restricted spaces are: ● glass and rubber manufacturing plants; ● mines; ● compressed air tunnels; ● conventional and nuclear power plants; ● foundries and smelting operations; ● brick-firing and ceramics plants; ● boiler rooms; ● bakeries and catering kitchens; ● laundries
Confined Space
A confined space is a place which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely), and where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby (e.g. lack of oxygen)