PRESENTED BY: Ilana Weiss LA ISLA NETWORK
Where heavy labor, high environmental temperature and inadequate worker protections likely exist
• Exertional heat stroke (potentially fatal) • Lower productivity • Increased accidents • Kidney injury Kidney disease in sugar cane context and elsewhere: sports medicine, military and other industrial sectors
Recent publications in leading scientific journals
process to the limit Heat Stress Environmental heat + Internal heat produced from physical work • Greater physical strain • Hotter internal body temperature Greater Increased Reduced accident health productivi risk risk ty
External Temperature & speed of air Factors Relative humidity Heavy workload & piece rate Clothing
Internal Dehydration Factors Metabolic load Sex Health Fever condition
100 Heart rate (% HR max ) 80 60 40 20 0 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM Time of day Figure: Average heart rate across one workday for 20 sugarcane workers.
100 Heart rate (% HR max ) 80 60 40 20 0 M M M M M M M M A A A A A A P P 1 6 7 8 9 0 2 1 1 1 1 Time of day Figure: Average heart rate across one workday for 20 sugarcane workers.
Water | Rest | Shade BREAKS SHADE TENTS HYDRATION Scheduled Moveable Clean water and hydrating beverage
Recommended Sugarcane Rests cutters Seed cutters Other field work
Rest Schedule
45 min rest 30 min rest 15 min rest
Shade Tents
Hydration
Well-Implemented interventions
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