Table 3.

Heat stress and worker profiles for selected industry sectors in India

Sector	Range of heat stress values (WBGT) measured (°C)	Estimated worker population in 1,000s (as per Indian National Sample Survey, 2000)	Reference
Agriculture	34.4–42.2	237,786	Nag et al. (5)
Glass manufacturing	30–40	Not available	Srivastava et al. (6)
Ceramics	43–54	Not available	Parikh et al. (7)
Mining	25–31	2,263	Mukerjee et al. (8)
Tanning	28–41	1,081	Conroy et al. (9)
Textiles	27–39	10,480	Sankar et al. (10)