ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 12894 First edition 2001-06-15 Ergonomics of the thermal environment Medical supervision of individuals exposed to extreme hot or cold environments Ergonomie des ambiances thermiques Surveillance médicale des personnes exposeées a la chaleur ou au froid extremes Reference number ISO 12894:2001(E) ISO @ ISO 2001 y IHS under lic ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 12894:2001(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISo Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event @ISO2001 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland @ISO2001-All rightsreserved py IHS unde ermittedwithout license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 12894:2001(E) Contents Page Foreword. Introduction 1 Scope. 2 Normative references. 3 Terms and definitions . .2 4 Principles of medical supervision of individuals, 4.1 General...... 4.2 Ergonomicinvestigations... 4.3 Occupationalexposure...... Annex A (informative) General principles underlying ergonomic investigations in which volunteer subjects may experience discomfort . Annex B (informative) Medical effects of exposure to hot and cold.. Annex C (informative) Medical supervision of individuals exposed to extreme hot environments in the laboratory........ .13 Annex D (informative) Medical supervision of individuals exposed to cold environments in the laboratory ...... Annex E (informative) Practical requirements of medical supervision in the laboratory, or during field studies with volunteers not normally exposed .... .23 Annex F (informative) Occupational exposures to extreme heat and cold. 25 Bibliography. 29 ii se from IHS Not for Resale