10 APPENDIX A: Heat Exposures Tables
APPENDIX A: Heat Exposures Tables
ACGIH
Screening Criteria for Heat Stress Exposure. WBGT values in C.
NOTE: according to the ACGIH’s guidelines, the temperature values
represent a work and rest process which is explained in the standards.
Please refer to the ACGIH TLV’s and BEIs for specific details.
Work and
recovery
(Action Limit)
*Values not specified by ACGIH have been estimated for continuity.
Cited from "American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists -
Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices for 2008"; Reprinted with
permission from ACGIH
United States Navy
Physiological Heat Exposure Limits (PHEL) Time Table
(Without the presence of fuel combustion gases/fuel vapors) is
displayed on the following page.
The recommended working hours are shown based on a maximum of
eight hours. Naval personnel will follow a category, I - VI, based upon
their function.
Appendix A:
Heat exposure tables
