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Workers’ duty to keep heat tolerance
Heat Tolerance Maintenance Workers must take responsibility for ensuring they remain physically able to perform their job after holidays, according to associate professor in thermal
4 Effective Worker Cooling Strategies in a Hot and Humid Workplace
Battling heat stress in the workplace can be through prevention or treatment, and there is only one way to achieve them – by cooling down
Government must address heat stress
Australian workplaces and governments must determine strategies for dealing with increasingly hot weather that is killing workers and damaging productivity, according to an expert. The
First aid treatment for heat stroke and heat stress
Heat stress is a general term for when the body starts to suffer from heat exhaustion and the body’s core temperature overheats above the optimal
Rising heatwave deaths often unlisted
During Victoria’s five day heatwave in 2009, metropolitan cardiac arrest cases increased by 2.8 times the average while there was a 62 per cent increase
Heat deaths higher in Melbourne
More people die of heatwave-related deaths in Melbourne than in Brisbane, Sydney, Perth or Adelaide, due to heat acclimatisation factors, according to a 2018 study
NT apprenticeship dropouts attributable to heat stress
Extreme heat is causing Northern Australian apprentices to drop out of their training program in greater numbers than their southern counterparts, according to Charles Darwin
First Aid 101: Dehydration in the Workplace
Dehydration is one of the common risks faced by people who work in hot and humid working environments. It is characterised by the excessive loss
Creating a Comprehensive Heat Stress Management Plan
In Australia, there are numerous industries in which workers are required to work in hot conditions. Among the most common are mining, construction, and manufacturing.
THORZT’s workplace hydration program
Regularly seen on site, talking with management and tradies about health, hydration and diet, THORZT’s Australasian Category Manager and Olympian David Rhodes is well positioned
2023 Complete Guide to Prevent Heat Stress
THORZT is excited to launch the 2019 Complete Guide to Preventing Heat Stress, a detailed and up-to-date guide on the latest research and best practice
Common Cold, Allergies: Fluids to Avoid
Dehydration risks may increase when we have the common cold or respiratory tract infections (RTIs) because we are less likely to consume water. However, a
Australia’s unhealthy “tough guy” culture
Australia has a ‘suck it up tough guy’ culture that is more prevalent in blue collar industries, often leading to men not taking appropriate care
Heat Stress-Related Workplace Illnesses
Heat stress negatively impacts not only the overall productivity of workers in a workplace. It also brings a range of medical conditions that are caused
Gastroenteritis and Dehydration
Dehydration is the most common risk associated with gastroenteritis (gastro), a digestive illness causing diarrhoea and vomiting which results in the loss of fluids. When
