BS 7915:1998
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Guide to design and evaluation of working practices for cold indoor environments
Hardcopy , PDF
English
15-11-1998
Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and symbols
4 Human responses to cold
5 The assessment of cold environments
6 Risks from cold environments
7 Minimizing the effects of the cold environment
Annex A (informative) Examples of metabolic rate of work
in cold environments
Annex B (informative) Examples of clothing worn and
corresponding insulating values
Annex C (informative) Examples of acceptable clothing
ensembles for typical working environments
Bibliography
Table 1 Wind chill index: corresponding chilling
temperatures and likely effects
Table A.1 Examples of metabolic rate of work in cold
environments
Table B.1 Examples of corresponding insulating values for
clothing worn
Table C.1 Equipment used to measure environmental conditions
Provides guidance on methods for evaluation of cold stress or discomfort in cold indoor environments, and for reduction of cold strain. Covers human responses (physiological and behavioural), to the cold by design or a design process. Not applicable to outdoor work or to those environments which, although mainly enclosed, are cold because of their exposure to the external climate (such as loading and tyre fitting bays and farm out-buildings).
Committee |
PH/9
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DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 96/500807 DC (10/2005) Reviewed and Confirmed by BSI, August 2006. (07/2006)
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DocumentType |
Standard
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Pages |
18
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PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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Status |
Current
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Supersedes |
This British Standard gives guidance on ways in which cold stress or discomfort in cold indoor environments can be evaluated and cold strain reduced. It describes the human responses (physiological and behavioural) to the cold, together with the influence of different working practices on these. The risks from cold environments are also described.
This British Standard applies to those indoor environments which are either cold by design or by virtue of a designed process. It does not apply to outdoor work or those environments which, although largely enclosed, are cold by virtue of exposure to the external climate (e.g. unenclosed loading bays, tyre fitting bays, farm out-buildings).
For the purposes of this British Standard, cold environments are taken to be those with an air temperature of 12 ℃ or less.
NOTE The lower limit of application of this British Standard has not been rigorously defined. In survey work, temperatures down to –40 ℃ were encountered, with one application at a lower temperature. At temperatures below –40 ℃, hazards not considered in this document, for example to the respiratory tract, are known to exist.
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DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC14/1(2008) : 2008 | HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 14 - THE ENVIRONMENT |
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC10/1(2008) : 2008 | HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 10 - SYSTEMS SAFETY |
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC11/1(2008) : 2008 | HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 11 - TRAINING |
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT0)/1(2008) : 2008 | HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 0: HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION |
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC15/1(2008) : 2008 | HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 15 - WORK EQUIPMENT |
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC9/1(2008) : 2008 | HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 9 - PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC16/1(2008) : 2008 | HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 16 - LIVING SPACES |
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT1)/1(2008) : 2008 | HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 1: OVERARCHING PEOPLE-RELATED REQUIREMENTS |
BS EN 511:2006 | Protective gloves against cold |
BS EN 563:1994 | Safety of machinery. Temperatures of touchable surfaces. Ergonomics data to establish temperature limit values for hot surfaces |
BS EN 27726:1994 | Thermal environments. Instruments and methods for measuring physical quantities |
BS EN 28996:1994 | Ergonomics. Determination of metabolic heat production |
BS EN ISO 7730:2005 | Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation of the PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria |
BS ISO 10551:1995 | Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Assessment of the influence of the thermal environment using subjective judgement scales |
ISO/TR 11079:1993 | Evaluation of cold environments — Determination of required clothing insulation (IREQ) |
BS ISO 9920 : 1995 AMD 15269 | ERGONOMICS OF THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT - ESTIMATION OF THE THERMAL INSULATION AND EVAPORATIVE RESISTANCE OF A CLOTHING ENSEMBLE |
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