Influence of the Thermal Environment on Occupational Health and Safety in Automotive Industry

A Case Study

Bibliographic Data

ID15480488
AuthorsConstanța Rînjea (Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București), Oana Roxana Chivu (0009-0009-9586-148X, Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București), Doru Costin Darabont (0000-0001-7967-1592, National Research and Development Institute on Occupational Safety, corresponding author), Anamaria Feier (0000-0003-4174-8608, Polytechnic University of Timişoara), Claudia Borda (Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București), Marilena Gheorghe (0000-0002-3384-2015, Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București), Dan Niţoi (0000-0002-8929-2059, Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București), Dan Florin Nitoi (Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Robotics, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independenței Nr. 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue14
Pages8572-8572
Publication date2022-07-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19148572
PMID35886424
OpenAlexW4285596513
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

Considering thermal environment aspects have a major impact not only on occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance but also on the productivity and satisfaction of the workers, the aim of the case study was to assess the thermal comfort of a group of 33 workers in an automotive industry company, starting with collecting data about the thermal environment from different workplaces, continuing with the analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using the calculation of the Predicted Mean Vote ( PMV ) and Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied ( PPD ) indices, according to provisions of the standard ISO 7730:2005, and comparing the results with the subjective perception of the workers revealed by applying individual questionnaires. The results of the study represent an important input element for establishing the preventive and protective measures for the analysed workplaces in correlation with the measures addressing other specific risks and, also, could serve as a model for extending and applying to other similar workplaces in future studies. Moreover, the mathematical model and the software instrument used for this study case could be used in further similar studies on larger groups of workers and in any industrial domain

Automotive industry · Business · Environmental health · Occupational safety and health · Operations management · Productivity · Transport engineering · Applied Psychology · Building Energy and Comfort Optimization · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Engineering · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Psychology

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