The Heat Hazard in Heavy Industry and the Impact on Mental Health
Construction and mining workers face constant exposure to extreme heat, heavy gear, and high-stress environments.
Prolonged thermal strain doesn’t just affect comfort, it impairs focus, slows reaction time, and increases risk of accidents.
When the body overheats, brain temperature rises too, leading to mental fatigue, dizziness, and poor decision-making. Over time, repeated heat stress can trigger inflammation, burnout, and cognitive decline.
Water, shade, and rest help, but they only cool the surface.
They don’t address the internal physiological imbalance caused by heat exposure:
- Elevated stress hormones (like cortisol)
- Reduced blood flow to the brain
- Autonomic nervous system dysregulation
- Ongoing neuroinflammation
Without regulating the nervous system and brain temperature, recovery remains incomplete, and performance keeps dropping.
Smarter Cooling for Safer Work
CoolHed targets what traditional methods miss, the brain’s internal temperature and recovery systems.
Through a patented Selective Brain Cooling (SBC) process and vagus nerve stimulation, CoolHed helps workers reset faster, stay sharper, and recover more efficiently during high-heat shifts.
How it may assist:
- Lowering brain temperature via neurovascular pathways indirectly
- Stabilises neurons and reduces inflammation
- Activates the parasympathetic system, calming the body under stress
- Enhances oxygen flow and focus through diaphragmatic breathing
The result? Reduced fatigue, increased productivity, and enhanced safety, shift after shift.
Built for Industry. Designed for People.
CoolHed empowers teams in demanding conditions to:
- Maintain focus under heat stress
- Reduce mental fatigue and burnout
- Recover faster between shifts
- Support long-term cognitive and cardiovascular health
From underground mines to open-air construction zones; CoolHed is designed for the real world, durable, non-invasive, and simple to use.
It’s the next step in workplace wellbeing and performance, because protecting your team means protecting their future.
Research
- Mates (2023).
Construction industry workers are six times more likely to die by suicide than from workplace accidents. - Mates (2023).
Suicide in the construction industry. - Beyond Blue (2020).
Mental health in male-dominated industries. - Safe Work Australia (2022).
Heat stress in construction. - Safe Work Australia (2021).
Managing heat stress in mining and construction. - Heat Stress Prevention in Construction
- Correlates of psychological distress among workers in the mining industry in remote Australia: Evidence from a multi‑site cross‑sectional survey (James, C., Tynan, R., Roach, D., Leigh, L., Oldmeadow, C., & Rahman, M.)
- The contribution of individual, social and work characteristics to employee mental health in a coal mining industry population (Considine, R., Tynan, R., James, C., Wiggers, J., Lewin, T., Inder, K., Perkins, D., Handley, T., & Kelly, B.)
- Psychological distress and pain reporting in Australian coal miners: Cross‐sectional survey (Carlisle, K. N., & Parker, A. W., 2014)
- Factors associated with patterns of psychological distress, alcohol use and social network among Australian mineworkers (James, C., Rahman, M., Bezzina, A., & Tynan, R., 2020)
Discover How CoolHed Protocol Protects and Optimises your Workforce.
CoolHed’s intelligent cooling system supports the toughest workers in the toughest conditions.
Lower heat. Sharper minds. Safer shifts.
Discover How CoolHed Protocol Protects and Optimises your Workforce.
CoolHed’s intelligent cooling system supports the toughest workers in the toughest conditions.
Lower heat. Sharper minds. Safer shifts.