BS 7915:1998
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Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Guide to design and evaluation of working practices for cold indoor environments
Hardcopy , PDF
English
11-15-1998
Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and symbols
4 Human responses to cold
5 The assessment of cold environments
6 Risks from cold environments
7 Minimizing the effects of the cold environment
Annex A (informative) Examples of metabolic rate of work
in cold environments
Annex B (informative) Examples of clothing worn and
corresponding insulating values
Annex C (informative) Examples of acceptable clothing
ensembles for typical working environments
Bibliography
Table 1 Wind chill index: corresponding chilling
temperatures and likely effects
Table A.1 Examples of metabolic rate of work in cold
environments
Table B.1 Examples of corresponding insulating values for
clothing worn
Table C.1 Equipment used to measure environmental conditions
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