Christine
There is specific guidance produced by the American Conference of
Governmental Hygienists (ACGIH) in their Threshold Limit Values booklet -
see http://www.acgih.org/home.htm . The most recent edition of this is
2003, so this is up to date. This and other sources will tell you that
safe working practice cannot be specified in terms of temperature alone,
but must take into account radiant heat load, clothing, work rate, rest
regime, etc., so there is not a simple answer I'm afraid There is also a
British Occupational Hygiene Society Technical Guide on the Thermal
Environment (2nd Edn 1996), which I see from the BOHS site has undergone an
interim reprint at £15 - see www.bohs.org and follow 'Publications'.
There are probably several specialists in this kind of thing on the
occupational hygiene list [log in to unmask] . If you agree (let me
know) I could repeat your message to that list.
Trevor Ogden
At 11:14 28/04/2003, you wrote:
>Hi, can anyone advise me of specific written guidance on safe working
>temperatures for employees required to enter ovens, driers etc. This is in
>connection with employees who are required to carry out maintenance and
>cleaning
>procedures within these units.
(Dr) Trevor Ogden
Editor in Chief, Annals of Occupational Hygiene
Annals on-line at http://www3.oup.co.uk/annhyg/
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