The microclimate of production premises is optimal and permissible

The microclimate of production facilities isthe existing or created climate within each individual cabinet, shop, warehouse, etc. This physical factor consists of several parameters: air temperature (most significant), air humidity, ambient temperature (heat radiation intensity) and airflow velocity.

The microclimate of industrial premises significantly affects the organisms of workers. The components of this factor are normalized. The parameters of the microclimate are divided into optimal and permissible.

Optimal parameters of the microclimate inrooms is a combination of temperature, speed and humidity of the air at which the workers feel the temperature comfort without the stress of the thermoregulation mechanisms, taking into account the energy costs of doing the work. For example, in the summer in an office where the energy consumption of workers is low, the value of the optimum temperature in the workplace should be from 23 to 25 degrees. In the same period of the year in welding shops, where the energy consumption of the workers is significant, the value of the optimum temperature should be from 19 to 21 degrees.

Admissible indoor climate parametersParameters are called that do not cause disturbances or damage to the health of workers, but lead to thermal discomfort, reduced efficiency and deterioration of well-being. For example, in the summer, an air temperature of 21.0 - 22.9 degrees (below optimum) and 25.1-28.0 (above optimum) will be acceptable in the office.

To determine the normalized values ​​of the microclimate in the production premises, it is necessary to take into account the period of the year and the category of work.

The microclimate of industrial premises is subject toperiodic inspections. To do this, measurements are made of the parameters that make up this physical factor, according to the approved methodology. Means of measurement (instruments that are measured) must necessarily be verified. If the parameters that make up the microclimate are not acceptable, then measures should be taken to bring the parameters to acceptable levels, and ideally to optimal ones.

Safety is a set of developedand approved rules and measures aimed at preventing injuries and reducing occupational diseases. Industrial injuries are divided into electrical (electric shock), mechanical (fractures, wounds, bruises), chemical (poisoning, burns, suffocation), thermal (frostbite, burns, heat strokes), combined, etc.

Thermal industrial injuries and microclimateindustrial premises can be connected. If the employee, due to his official duties, has to stay for a long time at temperatures different from the permissible ones, the time of his stay in such conditions should be limited. Safety at work provides protection for workers working from overheating or overcooling with an average temperature that should be within the limits of the acceptable for the category of work in question.