Assessment of personal protective equipment according to the indicators of the thermal condition of working in a heating environment

The method of physiological and hygienic assessment of personal protective equipment according to the indicators of the thermal condition of workers in a heating environment allows us to determine the contribution of personal protective equipment to the overall thermal load of the environment, predict the thermal condition and regulate work and rest modes in relation to specific operating conditions. The methodology can be used to conduct research on the influence of personal protective equipment for various purposes, design, configuration, composition of the package of materials on the thermal condition of those working in a heating environment, including in comparative terms.

Contribution:
Burmistrova O.V. — concept, design and organization of research;
Geregey A.M. — concept, design and organization of research;
Sazhina M.V. — material collection and data processing, text writing;
Malakhova I.S. — material collection and data processing, text writing;
Losik T.K. — text writing;
Konyukhov A.V. — collecting material and processing data, writing text;
All co-authors — approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article.

Funding. The study had no funding.

Conflict of interests. The authors declare no conflict of interests.

Received: 15.01.2023 / Accepted: 02.02.2023 / Published: 25.02.2023

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