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1.1.1.4. Thermal Comfort
For the working environment that will ensure the comfort of the employees, all thermal

comfort conditions created by environmental (such as humidity and heat sources in the

workplace), work-related and personal factors (such as clothing, weight, age, metabolism)
must be met. The high temperature of the environment may have negative effects on the

employee such as excessive sleepiness, fatigue, low blood pressure, dizziness, decreased
body resistance, excessive sweating, decreased work efficiency, red spots that cause

itching, hypersensitivity, anxiety and concentration disorders.

The cold environment may have negative effects on the employee such as distraction,
decrease in physical and mental efficiency, increase in body internal temperature,

shivering, shaking, nutrition and energy requirement.
There are many ways to control thermal comfort in the workplace. Some of these are very

easy to implement.

Some of the control measures can be listed as;

 Environmental control; checks of ventilation and air conditioning systems,
 Control of the task; control of the amount of work done by the employee, the

clothes with the equipment used and the working time

 Administrative controls; work scheduling, planning, scheduling and control of
rest times,

 Engineering controls; control of the measures taken as a result of engineering

studies.

1.1.2. Biological Risks
Biological risk factors are organisms that are the products of living things or living things,

including bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and their related toxins. Biological risk factors
to the human body; It can enter through respiration, digestion, skin absorption, eyes,

wounds, mucous membranes and eardrums. As a result, it can adversely affect human

health by causing mild or fatal allergic reactions and diseases.

In order to protect against biological risk factors, it should be ensured to:

 Ventilate the environment,
 Inform employees against biologic risk factors,

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