Physiological strain ezperienced by mineworkers during routine underground work in a deep-level gold mine
In any environment potentially conducive to the development of human heat stress, such as mining, a thorough understanding of the physiological strain experienced by mineworkers is of fundamental importance in the assessment of risk. Little information is available regarding the current levels of physiological strain experienced by mineworkers during routine mining operations in South African gold mines. An exploratory study was therefore undertaken to obtain baseline information which could potentially be used to formulate heat stress and fatigue management procedures and also to identify tasks requiring ergonomic interventions. Certain activities were found to elicit high levels of physiological strain and, when various occupations were compared, mining team members were found to spend the greatest percentage of total shift time at high strain levels.
PC Schutte
Human Factors Research Group Laboratory for Mining Innovation Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannesburg, South Africa
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-3
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）