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Occupational Heat Stress Impacts on Health and Productivity in a Steel Industry in Southern India

The study investigates the heat-related illnesses that laborers are prone to while working in steel industries where the thermal conditions are poor. The findings are based on a cross-sectional study …

Jeremiah Chinnadurai, Krishnan Srinivasan, Kumaravel Perumal, Latha Perumal Kamalakannan, Manikandan Krishnamurthy, Paramesh Ramalingam, Rekha Shanmugam, Vidhya Venugopal

Employment Relationship, Informal Economy, OSH

Occupational Heat Stress Profiles in Selected Workplaces in India

This study looks at heat stress as a significant occupational hazard across organized and informal workplaces in India. This study investigates quantitative and qualitative data from 447 workers in 18 …

Jeremiah S. Chinnadurai, Rebekah A. I. Lucas, Tord Kjellstrom, Vidhya Venugopal