Heat and h&s query
Discussion
Basic query on my firm, small and sadly pathetic with h & s
Smallish warehouse converted into production area, but with the added bonus if a small grit blast, paint and powder coat and the best bit, a oven
Absolutely no effort made to deal with heat extraction, fan in roof doesn't work, no fans supplied, and items from oven are just removed and left on shop floor acting like mini radiators for an hour or so. Was close to 28 degrees in here Monday Tuesday, simply unacceptable. I KNOW legally there is no maximum.
Management utterly lethargic, is there anything I can do, obviously quitting is an option!! But vacancies are scale locally
Smallish warehouse converted into production area, but with the added bonus if a small grit blast, paint and powder coat and the best bit, a oven
Absolutely no effort made to deal with heat extraction, fan in roof doesn't work, no fans supplied, and items from oven are just removed and left on shop floor acting like mini radiators for an hour or so. Was close to 28 degrees in here Monday Tuesday, simply unacceptable. I KNOW legally there is no maximum.
Management utterly lethargic, is there anything I can do, obviously quitting is an option!! But vacancies are scale locally
https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/employer/the-la...
Reasonable adjustments should be made, which may include rotating the workforce, allowing shorter, more frequent breaks to be taken, ensuring adequate water, providing a cooler area (outside in the shade, or perhaps a mess room with a couple of fans) and things like that.
Depending on the nature of the work, it may or may not be practical to shut down the ovens while the temperatures are higher but that could be considered. Can the parts being removed from the oven be moved outside to cool?
On an individual level, make sure you keep hydrated (room temp water is better for hydration apparently as its more easily absorbed by the digestive system). Avoid temptation to modify or remove PPE as that will open you up to all sorts of issues.
Send an apprentice out for some ice lollies perhaps?
Reasonable adjustments should be made, which may include rotating the workforce, allowing shorter, more frequent breaks to be taken, ensuring adequate water, providing a cooler area (outside in the shade, or perhaps a mess room with a couple of fans) and things like that.
Depending on the nature of the work, it may or may not be practical to shut down the ovens while the temperatures are higher but that could be considered. Can the parts being removed from the oven be moved outside to cool?
On an individual level, make sure you keep hydrated (room temp water is better for hydration apparently as its more easily absorbed by the digestive system). Avoid temptation to modify or remove PPE as that will open you up to all sorts of issues.
Send an apprentice out for some ice lollies perhaps?
Annoying.
But first the bad news- the HSE won't consider 28 as dangerously hot.
Good news- your workplace should have first aid provisions. Make sure they know the signs fir heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
Best bet is to grumble enough to get the fans going (either debt fam or portable fans)
M.
But first the bad news- the HSE won't consider 28 as dangerously hot.
Good news- your workplace should have first aid provisions. Make sure they know the signs fir heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
Best bet is to grumble enough to get the fans going (either debt fam or portable fans)
M.
Some of this is done already, another very hot spell coming, just makes work an utterly miserable place to get, and could genuinely quit because of it.
Items from oven have nowhere to go, have bought my own fans, none provided, no ceiling ventilation, so heat has nowhere to go, it is genuinely unpleasant
Items from oven have nowhere to go, have bought my own fans, none provided, no ceiling ventilation, so heat has nowhere to go, it is genuinely unpleasant
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