2020 ISSN 1015-5589 Vol. XXIX No. 3 World Safety Journal © Copyright 2020 | WSO . Risk of Consuming Aluminium in Barbeque Cat-fish Prepared with Aluminium Foil . Working in Heat: A Review of National and International Policies in the Construction Industry . Development of an Airline Cabin Crew Pre-Task Hazard Edition WSO’s Certification Program is Assessment Tool accredited in compliance with . An Abridged History of Anthropometry ISO/IEC 17024:2012 . Planned Intervention of Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) Helps organisations Improve their Safety Time Arithmetic 1 In This . Physical ergonomic issues in the mining industry . 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The WSO is a Not-for-Profit Corporation (Missouri, USA), non-sectarian, non-political movement dedicated to “Making Safety a Way of Life…Worldwide.” Table of Contents Pages Working in Heat: A Review of National and International Management Policies in the Construction Industry Dylan Ferrier ........................................................................................................... 1– 8 WSJ Editor Development of an Airline Cabin Crew Pre-Task Hazard Assessment Nerise Garner, Allison Hutton & Dr. Karen Klockner ........................................... 9–20 Dr. Janis K. Jansz Curtin University Risk of Consuming Aluminium in Barbeque Director of the WSO National Office Cat-fish Prepared with Aluminium Foil for Australia Ikpesu Jasper Ejovwokoghenea & Umuero Oghenefejiro Philipa ..................... 21–26 An Abridged History of Anthropometry Jason Jenkin ........................................................................................................ 27–33 WSJ Editorial Board Planned Intervention of Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) Helps Organisations Improve their Safety Time Arithmetic Zahra Etemadi Dr. Harbans Lal Kaila ......................................................................................... 34–41 Curtin University Western Australia Physical ergonomic issues in the mining industry Nicole Hammond ................................................................................................. 42–47 Jerel Harris New Employees Accident and Injury Rates in Australia Anna McGowan, Dr. Karen Klockner & Dr. Yvonne Toft .................................... 48–59 Georgia Institute of Technolog.y USA Dr. Elias M. 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Working in Heat: A Review of National and International Management Policies in the Construction Industry Dylan Ferrier. Bachelor of Science (Health, Safety and Environment) at Curtin University, Australia. Email: [email protected] Abstract Construction workers are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of heat stress due to the nature of work undertaken. With climate change set to increase the prevalence of heat-related illnesses in Australia, action is needed to reduce this burden. This article reviews published literature and government publications to gain an insight into international heat stress management policy and industry practice. Recommendations to improve health and safety policy for construction workers in Australia are given based upon analyse from international findings. Key words: Australia. Heat Stress. Construction Industry. Occupational Health and Safety. Risk Control. Policy. Introduction Working in heat is an occupational health influenced by behavioural and and safety risk, with heat stress widely physiological factors, including gender, recognised as an occupational hazard physical fitness, age, use of alcohol or pertaining to environmental ergonomics drugs, hydration status and a range of (Dianat et al., 2016; Safe Work Australia, medical conditions (Yi & Chan, 2015). 2017). Heat stress occurs when intensive Implementing heat stress protective physical work in an environment of high measures offers numerous benefits such as heat exposure coupled with inadequate an improved sense of wellbeing, improved rehydration results in the body not being worker productivity, and a decreased rate of able to cool itself, causing core body workplace injuries and accidents temperature to rise beyond 37°C (Mazlomi (Rowlinson et al., 2014; Yi & Chan, 2015). et al., 2016; Nunfam et al, 2018). This rise in body temperature provokes heat strain, a Workers in the construction industry are physiological response intended to particularly susceptible to heat stress maintain thermal equilibrium, which when because of the highly demanding, strenuous overwhelmed can lead to illnesses such as physical nature of work, coupled with heat cramps, heat rash, heat exhaustion and prolonged exposure to direct sunlight heat stroke, which can be fatal (Rowlinson (radiant heat) and in some countries in hot et al., 2014; Spector et al., 2016). These and humid working conditions (Spector et aforementioned heat-related illnesses al., 2016; Varghese et al., 2018; Yang & impact worker performance and Chan, 2017; Yi & Chan, 2017). Workers in productivity and can lead to hospitalisation the construction industry are second only to (Spector et al., 2016). agricultural workers as groups of workers most likely to be affected by climatic heat Rowlinson et al. (2014) identifies six key stress (Baizhan & Andrew, 2018). Further, factors that impact heat stress, these are: air heat exposure and stress induces other temperature, radiant heat, wind speed, the construction site injuries through mental metabolic heat generated through physical impairment, personal protective equipment activity, humidity, and the ‘clothing effect’ (PPE) misuse, and physical fatigue that moderates heat exchange between the (Mazlomi et al., 2016; Rowlinson et al., environment and the body. The heat strain 2014). experienced by a worker can also bee 1 By 2030 globally, roughly 1 million work guidelines in countries which are life-years are expected to be lost as a direct profoundly affected by heat stress and result of occupational related heat stroke cover the climatic conditions experienced fatalities, with reduced productivity by, or are likely to be experienced by in the