91°F (32.7°C) in the factory I work at.
The law states “all factories must maintain a reasonable temperature and humidity.”
Nowhere is reasonable ever defined. I am mildly infuriated. And very hot lol
Edit: 94° (34.4C) now and this post has made it close to the top of “Hot”… The gods are having a laugh lol
“For our profits, it is reasonable not to waste money on AC.” – Your boss
Default password on that model is 1234 /salute
I worked in plastic extrusion for nearly a decade.
The front of the line would be about 85, but the back of the kine, where the work was, hit 110°F to 120F° in the summers.
Absolute hell
Luckily my ambulance has AC. Here’s our top temp from yesterday:
As someone living in the equator where sun is fucking angry at us everyday, 32°c indoor is toasty, and 34°c indoor is torture. You should report to the authority and let them know.
Unless you work near furnace of course.
Wait until you see 41°C.
(Atleast i was home when it was 40°C. Otherwise i’d be literally cooked.)
I hope that also isn’t 80% humid, that is literally spa.
This is America, what authorities give a damn about how hot you are? If there was one, I’m sure Musk’n’Trump got rid of them.
Unless i missed it, OP didn’t mention being in America though, and judging from the instance they might be from Netherlands.whoops, really missed it. Also like the other person said, OSHA.
What state has that law? Or is it national? Or outside of the US?
Outside of an actual climate controlled storage unit (IE a giant fridge/freezer) every warehouse or shop I’ve ever been in for any reason had zero climate control and not even any insulation. Concrete base, with thin courrugated steel walls/roofs mostly. Shits like an oven, since it ends up being even hotter in the building than it is outside.
I am in California.
I’m in NY and that’s the language I was able to find in the states laws regarding factory conditions, but it’s not really regulated since their only stated “metric” is a completely vague, subjective amount: “reasonable.”
Nowhere in the language do they define reasonable, and when I reached out to my “representative” asking for clarification they never responded, naturally lol
If you can reach out to a local expert, there’s probably an assumed standard for “reasonable” that the state goes by. Vague laws like that frequently just mean that you use the standard set by an administrative admin or the courts.
I also work in a factory but our temperature is largely unregulated with the exception of offices, break areas and certain departments where the stock needs to be kept away from too much humidity (so, even in those departments it’s humidity control not air conditioning). In the winter it’s cold enough that we’ve had pipes freeze in the center of the building and in the summer it’s normal to see 100 degrees at 3am. It’s too bad I don’t live in one of those states where it’s “regulated” because I think anyone would say those temperatures are unreasonable.
So, uh… We have the same thermostat at my job. It’s not great. You can’t just tell it what temperature you want the room to be, you actually have to tell it if you want it to heat or cool to that temperature.
Yours is set set to 65, but if you look to the left of the current temp, it says “heat.” Someone likely forgot to change that when the weather warmed up. IIRC, one of the three unlabeled middle buttons will fix that.
Lol I appreciate the help, but there is literally no AC unit. All we have is oil heat for the winter so the pipes don’t freeze
Pipes over people!
literally in the danger zone unless it’s super dry where you are.I guess dry heat is a thing. I can do >110 fine, I don’t like it, but I don’t feel in danger. But its 10% or less humidity. Its usually better to wear more clothes just to keep the direct sun off you. Somehow wearing a hoodie in the desert in summer is comfortable. Its also nice not getting sweaty because it immediately evaporates.
I spent a summer in south India a few years ago during monsoon season. I was fucking miserable in my jeans and shirts until I switched over to wearing loose, flowing clothes made of bleached kahdi (loose homespun cotton) like the locals. It keeps the sun off you and even when it gets soaked it doesn’t cling to your skin, and then whenever the rain stops it dries completely very quickly. Other westerners I met made fun of me for pretending to go native, but they had no clue how effective it was.
Alright, I’m interested. What should i search for?
Caution at below 27 °C (80 F)? Always? Why is there no “OK” zone?
I believe it’s because this table is for apparent temperature while exerting yourself.
It’s literally in the extreme caution zone.
I assumed 60% RH since that’s what it is on average in the heat dome currently.
Nowhere on your chart, at any humidity, are the temperatures mentioned in OP in the danger zone. They are in the extreme caution zone.
I believe the temperatures within the chart are “feels like” temperatures rather than absolute temperatures. The X axis shows absolute values (what would likely show on the thermostat).
At OPs original temperature (91°F) the danger zone would be around 60-70% and higher. At OPs last updated temperature (94°F), the danger zone would be 55% or higher.
Well aren’t I dumb! Cheers.
Highway to the extreme caution zone just doesn’t have that ring to it.
Thanks for the image, I’m definitely saving that for future use!
Apparently we’re in “extreme caution,” even though it feels humid the forecast says we’re around 50% humidity
They didn’t even set the fan to “on” mode!
Lucky. 100° f in mine rn.
Pass out from heat exhaustion and then sue them
Do you guys make sweatshirts and sweatpants?
By the end of the day we do!
Not the kind you’d buy, unless it’s some strange Japanese used clothing vending machine lol
We used to have sector wide unions. So even if you were employed by a small business with a few employees, you were still covered by a larger union.
I have family members who really appreciated the neck mounted fans that blow up at back of neck. relatively cheap at like 20-35.
Might be worth getting a giant insulated water bottle to fill with ice, or bringing your own mini fridge and plugging it in somewhere. You could also try getting a Dr note saying you need accommodation - supply of ice water or cooling vests.
I don’t know what kind of work you do, but I’ve worked in factories and manufacturing my whole career and this isn’t that unusual in my experience. I’d definitely be raising my pitchforks if you weren’t provided water, breaks, and some methods of cooling (such as fans).
Worst I’ve ever had was in a paper mill. The dryers ran very hot and sometimes our job required getting really close to them. They were hot enough to burn, so long sleeves were required when near them. Easily had some 40+ °C days in there, but we had access to a cooled break room and allowed quite a lot of breaks.
Still, when we did have to work by those dryers, it was usually because the paper broke and caused big jams. That is a hell of a mess and has to be cleaned up as quickly as possible to get the machine making paper again. Let me tell you, wet paper is heavy. Hauling that shit down the length of the dryer alley, in 40+ heat, in mandatory sleeves and long pants… Some of the hardest work I’ve personally ever done.
Pay was great though.
Good on them for at least trying to provide something! I’m in manufacturing and we thankfully lack the 40+C issues, but we also lack the great pay and cool break room lol if it’s bad enough on our allotted breaks (2 15min per day + lunch) we’ll just go to our cars and run the AC. They don’t give any extra time to cool off though just the same break structure as usual.
