TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Impact of occupational heat stress on worker productivity and economic cost
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Morrissey, Margaret C.
A1  - Brewer, Gabrielle J.
A1  - Williams, Warren Jon
A1  - Quinn, Tyler
A1  - Casa, Douglas J.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Heat stress is a growing concern in the occupational setting as it endangers worker health, safety, and productivity. Heat-related reductions in physical work capacity and missed workdays directly and indirectly cause productivity losses and may substantially affect the economic wellbeing of the organization. This review highlights the physiological, physical, psychological, and financial harms of heat stress on worker productivity and proposes strategies to quantify heat-related productivity losses. Heat stress produces a vicious-cycle feedback loop that result in adverse outcomes on worker health, safety, and productivity. We propose a theoretical model for implementing an occupational heat safety plan that disrupts this loop, preventing heat-related productivity losses while improving worker health and safety.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23297
ID  - ref1
ER  -