Safety Flash
BSEE: Heat-related Illnesses occurring offshore
BSEE: Heat-related Illnesses occurring offshore
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 24/23
- Occupational Health
- Heat stress
- Offshore installation
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Summary
This safety flash summarises BSEE reports of offshore heat-related illness, including dehydration and severe heat exhaustion. It describes fluids, rest, medical evaluation and evacuation in two cases, and explains how high temperatures and humidity can contribute to heat stress and increase workers’ injury risks.
Classifications: Heat stress; heat exhaustion; heatstroke.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 467 relating to heat-related illnesses occurring offshore.
IMCA SF 24/23. Themes: occupational health.