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Risk of fatigue in cold thermal environment: the case of the quick-frozen fish industry
| Resumo: | In industries characterized with different environment conditions, as warm, comfortable and/or cool environments workers clothing should be appropriate for their specific activity. The thermal environment plays an important role in improving working conditions, with a direct impact on worker productivity. The thermohygrometric characteristics of a thermal environment can affect the well-being, fatigue and productivity of workers. In this study the quick-frozen fish section, considered a cold thermal environment, is evaluated. The values of temperature and relative humidity, as well as the real thermal sensation of the worker were collected in a colour scale. The results show that the pattern of thermal sensation depends on the type of packaging which influences the thermal sensation of workers. |
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| Autores principais: | Talaia, Mário |
| Outros Autores: | Teixeira, Leonor; Tavares, Isabel |
| Assunto: | Cold therma environment thermal sensation EsConTer index THI PPD Ambiente térmico frio índice EsConTer ITH PPD sensação térmica |
| Ano: | 2017 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Territorium |
| Resumo: | In industries characterized with different environment conditions, as warm, comfortable and/or cool environments workers clothing should be appropriate for their specific activity. The thermal environment plays an important role in improving working conditions, with a direct impact on worker productivity. The thermohygrometric characteristics of a thermal environment can affect the well-being, fatigue and productivity of workers. In this study the quick-frozen fish section, considered a cold thermal environment, is evaluated. The values of temperature and relative humidity, as well as the real thermal sensation of the worker were collected in a colour scale. The results show that the pattern of thermal sensation depends on the type of packaging which influences the thermal sensation of workers. |
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