Working in the mining industry is considered to be a highly hazardous occupation for many reasons. Some of these relate to dangerous but unfortunately unforeseeable accidents such as shaft collapses that are, in most cases, unavoidable, but some reasons such as stress of heat and heat exhaustion can be prevented through education, awareness, and the operation of appropriate precautions such as the use of heat stress monitors. For this reason, the accurate use of heat stress monitors in the mining industry has been a key concern since the beginning of the 20th century.
Why are heat stress monitoring equipments so essential for the health and safety of miners? Well, to begin with, many mining activities are carried out at depths as low as 1400m, which is closer to the earth's core than we are intended to safely live. Because of the thermal conditions at these depths, the work of underground miners is extensively burdened by the risk of stress by heat, to which occupational health and safety officers working in this industry must pay a great deal of attention. To ensure that miners are provided with the most cutting-edge safety equipment, much research has been conducted into the way in which heat stress monitors can be used to counteract and prevent the very serious and potentially fatal results of heat stroke. While, of course, the serious and fatal consequences of heat stroke are of utmost concern, stress detection equipments of heat can also be used to prevent less severe side-effects of miners' thermal conditions which can nonetheless affect the speed of workers and the productivity of the company.
Fortunately, as a result of the research that has been conducted in this area, an array of effective heat stress monitors are available today, and a set of safety standards for mining safety and mine rescue activities are well established. Some of the most accurate stress detectors of heat include the advanced CorTemp, a wireless device that is used to measure miners' internal core body temperature. Heat stress sensors such as the CorTemp were originally used to detect stress of heat in astronauts during space flight, but today they assist workers on ground, and those well below ground, working at the other end of the scale as those traveling in space. While most immediately essential for those in the mining industry, heat stress monitors are also useful for use in other fields of work such as medicine, agricultural industries, sport and the military.
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