title: [Working conditions for supermarket employees: from experimental data to best practices].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Thermal, acoustic and visual comfort conditions for hypermarket workers have never been investigated with scientific methods.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  taking advantage of a case study, with characteristics capable of generalizing the results, analytically measure the actual comfort conditions to which workers are exposed and point out possible ameliorative proposals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Carry out a detailed survey based on instrumental measurements combined with subjective questionnaires to assess the indoor environment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Even though the analysis pointed out no significant risk conditions, several smaller problems appeared in terms of local discomfort (such as cold limbs, higher sound level exposure, limited glare phenomena) for cashier workers. The origin of these problems appeared to be the pivotal position of the cash registers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Taking into account observed phenomena and their causes a list of "best practices" has been defined hoping that their adoption could further limit any impact on workers comfort conditions.
authors.affiliation: Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ingegneria Civile e dell'Architettura, via Orabona 4, 70125 - Bari. francesco.martellotta@poliba.it.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martellotta
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Della Crociata
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simone
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calderoni
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Alba
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cervellati
authors.forename: Nunzio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papapietro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003132:Commerce / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009623:Noise, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D058012:Small Business / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000592:standards*