Occupational heat stress JEM
Updated 2026-03-25
A quantitative job-exposure matrix (JEM) for occupational heat stress providing estimates of annual hours of wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) reference value exceedance by job, geographical region and year between 1970 and 2023. The JEM has been developed based on historic climate data from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts following guidelines and standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 7243, 8996 and 9920) for heat stress assessment. This JEM is part of the EuroJEM framework.
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Title
Occupational heat stress JEM
Abbreviation
HeatJEM
Description
A quantitative job-exposure matrix (JEM) for occupational heat stress providing estimates of annual hours of wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) reference value exceedance by job, geographical region and year between 1970 and 2023. The JEM has been developed based on historic climate data from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts following guidelines and standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 7243, 8996 and 9920) for heat stress assessment. This JEM is part of the EuroJEM framework.
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Creator
TNO
Contact email
Access terms
After application for EuroJEM
Temporal coverage
1970-2023
Publication date
2025
Bibliographic citation
Pronk A, Scholten B, Kelly B, Kingma B, Schlünssen V, Gosh M, Notø H, Turner MC, Solovieva S, Ge C, Kolstad H, Selander J. O-364 Development of a job exposure matrix for estimating occupational heat exposure: The EPHOR EuroJEM. Occupational Medicine, 74(Supplement_1), 0.
Project
Developed as part of the Exposome Project for Health and Occupational Research (EPHOR). Grant Agreement No. 874703.
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Occupational identifier
ISCO-08
Created: 2026-03-25
Last updated: 2026-03-25