I worked for the better part of a decade on a golf course in Florida doing manual labor. There were a few instances of guys getting heat stroke and having to go to the ER while I was employed there. That's WITH bosses who drove around during the hot months with ice water and Gatorade for us and made sure we were taking breaks. This makes me sick...
I've been in industrial environment in the Midwest for about 5 years. While I've been here 4 people have collapsed due to heat stroke.
That's with mandatory 5-10 minute breaks in a cool room every 30-60 minutes, Gatorade and ice water being given freely, even ice cream and popsicles.
Prolonged heat waves are no fucking joke. Heat protection isn't enough, when it's too hot to cool off with sweat and a fan, it's too fucking hot to work in the heat, full stop.
The fucking military stops working outside when the heat gets to be too much. These guys are asking more of the workers than we ask of soldiers.
Yup, medics will roll up with their wet bulb thermometer, (basically a thermometer with some wet cotton on the bulb, to be able to measure how well sweat will be able to cool you down,) and they have a chart for different working times at different temperatures. When it’s too hot, they pull their people out and let them rest.
I worked for the better part of a decade on a golf course in Florida doing manual labor. There were a few instances of guys getting heat stroke and having to go to the ER while I was employed there. That's WITH bosses who drove around during the hot months with ice water and Gatorade for us and made sure we were taking breaks. This makes me sick...
I've been in industrial environment in the Midwest for about 5 years. While I've been here 4 people have collapsed due to heat stroke.
That's with mandatory 5-10 minute breaks in a cool room every 30-60 minutes, Gatorade and ice water being given freely, even ice cream and popsicles.
Prolonged heat waves are no fucking joke. Heat protection isn't enough, when it's too hot to cool off with sweat and a fan, it's too fucking hot to work in the heat, full stop.
The fucking military stops working outside when the heat gets to be too much. These guys are asking more of the workers than we ask of soldiers.
Yup, medics will roll up with their wet bulb thermometer, (basically a thermometer with some wet cotton on the bulb, to be able to measure how well sweat will be able to cool you down,) and they have a chart for different working times at different temperatures. When it’s too hot, they pull their people out and let them rest.