Heat stress monitoring based on heart rate measurements.

Currently, occupational heat exposure is usually measured using environmental variables such as the wet bulb globe temperature index. The costs of heat stress monitoring include the acquisition of specialized equipment and the recruitment of trained personnel. In rapidly changing environments, such as outdoor settings, these assessments must be conducted on a daily basis.

[Risk of exposure to heatstroke in sugarcane workers in São Paulo State, Brazil].

Environmental heat is an aggravating factor for sugarcane workers, and manual cane cutting is one of the heavy work activities that favor the generation of metabolic heat. This can combine with other precarious working conditions to produce heatstroke, potentially leading to serious complications and even death. The study aimed to quantify the risk of overheating in sugarcane cutters in São Paulo, Brazil.

[Analysis of the contribution of meteorological variables to thermal stress associated with death among sugarcane cutters].

Sugarcane cutters perform heavy work under adverse conditions. Environmental factors can be an aggravating factor for thermal stress among these workers. This study analyzed the atmospheric conditions on the day of death of 14 sugarcane cutters in São Paulo State, Brazil.