SEG Heat Risk Dashboard

Kite’s SEG Heat Risk Dashboard is designed to help sites minimise the risk of a heat-related illness via proactive risk management practices. The dashboard presents the forecast of conditions conducive to an increased risk of a heat-related illness for each predefined SEG.

This is done via the hourly forecast of Apparent Temperature and the calculation of the thermal risk (using the same methodology as the thermal risk assessment) for every hour for every SEG for the next 7 days.

Use the Kite Thermal Risk Assessment to identify those SEGS that require monitoring and would benefit from an outlook of heat risk over the coming week.

Dashboard features

Cards showing daily:
- Number of SEGS with Low, Moderate, High and Extreme heat risk per risk
- Card colour based on maximum risk level for a shift
Daily cards are presented for today, the last 6 days and the next 6 days. You can navigate by using the arrows.
Note that a “Day” is taken from 6 am to 6 am. For example, Today is from 6 am today until 6 am tomorrow. This is to correspond to most shift operations. If your shift start times are different you can request a customised dashboard.
Detailed hourly data can be seen as a table (select Table tab) or Graph (select Graph tab). The tabs are located above the table/graph on the left-hand side.
If you have your weather station set up to send data to Kite this is shown in the table in bold and is presented on the graph as a solid line.
You can extend the data viewed on the Graph by clinking on the All button, located in the top left-hand side of the graph window. Additional variables can be viewed on the graph by selecting the Secondary Variables check box (located above the graph on the right-hand side).
The table shows the maximum risk level for the shift for each SEG. Click on a colour shift cell to see hourly variables (Temperature, Humidity, Apparent temperature and wind speed) as well as coloured heat risk per hour. This can be used to identify the timing and duration of the high-risk periods for each shift.

What does it mean?

The risk levels are as defined by the AIOH basic thermal risk assessment methodology with an explanation presented in the table below.

Alert level	Interpretation of risk	Actions
No alert	The risk of a heat-related illness is very low	Basic heat safety and planning.
Low	The risk of a heat-related illness is low to moderate	Basic heat safety and planning.
Moderate	There is a potential for heat-related illness to occur if the conditions are not addressed	Implement precautions and heighten awareness.
High	The onset of heat-induced illness is likely	Implement additional precautions to protect workers.
Extreme	The onset of heat-induced illness is extremely likely	Consider the need to work or implement even more aggressive protective measures.

What the dashboard looks like: