5.5 Heat Stress Survey Flashcards
What is Heat Stress?
Any combination of air temperature, thermal radiation, humidity, airflow, and work load which stress the body as it attempts to regulate temperature.
Heat stress becomes excessive when the body’s capability to adjust is what?
Exceeded, resulting in an increase of body temperature.
This can cause heat injury or DEATH.
What are the Environmental Factors Causing Heat Stress?
Thermal Radiation,
Ventilation,
Humidity,
Air/Sea Water Temperature.
What is thermal radiation?
Sun,
Heat Sources:
Incinerator, Engines, Generators, Laundry Dryers, etc.
What is ventilation?
Forced Air Systems,
Forced Exhaust Systems.
Ventilation:
What is Forced Air Systems?
Intake of Outside Air into Workspace,
Spot-Cooling.
Ventilation:
What is Forced Exhaust Systems?
Removes stagnant or increased concentrations of hazardous fumes or contaminant,
Red Devil Blowers.
What is humidity?
Moisture in the Air,
Steam Leaks,
Bilge Water,
Condensation.
What is Air/Sea Water Temperature?
Intake Valves that allow Sea water/Outside Air to be utilized for cooling for shipboard equipment systems.
What are the shipboard equipment systems cooled by Sea Water/Outside Air?
Refrigeration units,
Engines,
Generators,
Evaporators for Fresh Water Consumption.
What is acclimatization?
The act of becoming accustomed to temperature or new environment.
What happens with the body due to acclimatization?
The body becomes more efficient in coping with heat stress.
Acclimatization occurs gradually, and takes your body how long?
Usually within 3 weeks or more.
Personal Factors Associated with Heat:
Past exposure to heat injuries will affect an individual’s ability to adapt to what?
New situations,
Decreases the ability to handle heat stress conditions.
Personal Factors Associated with Heat:
What health status’s may alter physiological body changes?
G6PD,
Sickle Cell Trait.
Personal Factors Associated with Heat:
What are the other factors that may affect heat intolerance?
Exercise and fluid intake (dehydration),
Medication,
Alcohol Intake,
Lack of sleep,
Drugs.
Heat Stress can occur in any space of the what?
The ship.
What are the spaces of the ship with common heat stress?
Machinery Spaces,
Laundries,
Sculleries (PHEL V)/Galleys,
Incinerator Room,
Flight decks.
What are causes and contributors to Heat Stress Conditions?
Steam and Water Leaks,
Boiler Air Casing Leaks,
Missing/Deteriorated Thermal Insulation,
Ventilation Deficiencies,
Weather Conditions,
Arduous Operation.
What does PHEL stand for?
Physiological Heat Exposure Limit.
What is the physiological heat exposure limit (PHEL) chart?
A set of 6 curves that compare the WBGT index and the degree of effort or work rate,
To determine the maximum permissible exposure to the heat stress environment.
The PHEL curves and work rates are established by who?
Industrial Hygienist,
NAVSEA,
When a class of ships is designed and placed into service.
Who determines individual heat stress condition locations?
The Industrial Hygienist.
The Industrial Hygienist determines individual Heat Stress Condition locations,
The local command creates a locally prepared form, using what instruction manual?
OPNAVINST 5100.19,
As a guide for necessary information and routing instructions.
Assignment of PHEL Curves:
What are the categories of PHEL curves?
Routine Operations,
Non-Routine Operations,
ECC Exercises,
Heavy Work Load.
Assignment of PHEL Curves:
Routine Operations?
Light work, such as:
Sweeping down, painting, cleaning lube oil strainers.
Assignment of PHEL Curves:
Non-Routine Operations?
Use the next higher PHEL when determining stay time,
Examples:
Increase in normal watch stander work rate,
Minor equipment casualty.
What is an example of a minor equipment casualty?
Ventilation being secured.
Assignment of PHEL Curves:
ECC Exercises?
Evacuation Control Center drills.
Assignment of PHEL Curves:
Heavy Work Load?
Assign stay time using PHEL VI,
Example:
Replacing large valves, cleaning lube oil sumps and disassembly/ reassembly of large or heavy equipment.
What is Stay Time (Work/Rest Cycles)?
Maximum allowable time personnel may work in heat stress conditions at a given workload.
What is Recovery Time?
Is defined as a minimum of twice the stay time as determined by the PHEL chart,
Or,
4 hours,
Whichever is shorter.
Fuel Combustion Gases,
Stack gas,
Definition?
Combustion gases which may accumulate in a space due to inadequate ventilation or machinery malfunction.
Fuel Combustion Gases (Stack Gas):
Physiological effects:
Exposure to stack gases are intensified by?
Heat stress conditions.
Fuel Combustion Gases (Stack gas):
What are the effects on the human body?
Causes vasodilatation on peripheral blood vessels which results in further impairment of the cardiovascular system.
Fuel Combustion Gases (Stack gas):
Signs and Symptoms?
Watery eyes,
Dyspnea,
Tingling or numbness of the tip of the tongue, tip of the nose, finger tips or toes,
Mild sensation of alcohol intoxication.
Fuel Combustion Gases (Stack gas):
Action?
Reduce exposure limits if two or more of the exposure symptoms are detected,
Determine new PHEL using Table B2-A-5 or divide current PHEL stay-time by 3.
Who provides the heat stress training?
The MDR.
When is heat stress training conducted?
Must provide heat stress training for all newly reporting personnel during indoctrination and annually thereafter.
At a minimum, heat stress training must include what?
Hazards,
Symptoms of Exposure,
Heat Stress First Aid,
Heat Stress monitoring,
Causes of Heat Stress.
Heat Stress Monitors must receive training within how many weeks, upon assignment?
12.