Bioaerosols, Noise, and Ultraviolet Radiation Exposures for Municipal Solid Waste Handlers

Table 3

Summer thermal conditions measured in various waste sites.

Work site	Average ^°C	Waste workers’ concerns
Loading waste collection vehicles	33.34	Sweating, dehydration, heat syncope, and heat exhaustion.
Street and open areas sweeping	33.28	Loss of concentration.; High risk of being run over by traffic, sweating, dehydration, and headache.
Manning waste disposal sites	33.29	Offensive odours and high fly infestation from increased organic, sweating, heat stress, and headaches.
Driving waste collection vehicles	26.25	Sweating and occasional headache.