Study on the effect of Ventilated Working Wear on Physiological and Psychological Responses of Construction Workers –Part XV

Evaluation by facial surface temperature

Abstract

For screening heat stroke during construction work in a hot environment, we measured the facial surface temperature (FST) of construction workers using by thermography camera, with the heart rate, skin temperatures for the chest, forearm, thigh, and lower leg, depth body temperature, activity, body weight, and water intake in experiments of an artificial climate chamber and outside construction site in August. We verified the relatively significant correlations between the FST and the mean skin temperature, thigh skin temperature and body weight loss in both sites