Working in ColdStorage
Workers in cold storage environments are at risk of cold stress, making personal protective equipment (PPE) a critical last line of defense against frostbite, hypothermia and death.
According to WorkSafe Victoria’s safe Operations of Cold Storage Facilities Handbooka cold environment is defined as one in which greater than normal bodily heat losses occur.
Hence without action to compensate for these losses, workers face the onset of cold stress through whole-body or local cooling, which includes extremity and respiratory tract cooling, wind chill and contact cooling.
Furthermore, the lower the temperature and the longer the exposure, the