Strategy for Evaluation and Prevention of risk Due to Work on Thermal Environments

摘要

A strategy in four successive stages is described and justified for the prevention and control of thermal problems in the workplace. This should allow these problems to the approached and solved progressively in small as well as well as large companies by relying successively, when necessary, on the complementary competencies of the workers themselves, their technical assistance, the occupational health specialists and the experts. The criteria to fulfill at each stage are described and discussed.