Comment on UK workers ‘should get day off’ if workplace is hotter than 30C

• bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I work on an installation where there’s a forge. I took a tour of it when I first started working and there’s no way in hell you can effectively air condition that place without being extremely wasteful.

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  • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah, no way to do it with molten metal being right there. It’s a part of the job, and a reason why a lot of countries don’t have a “maximum temperature” law, but have a “minimum temperature” one.

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  • CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That sounds like an edge case that may need more creative solutions, or implementing breaks, etc. But I’d wager that for most workplaces this isn’t the case.

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• Syldon@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can get air fed suits for toxic environments. I have seen these used in car manufacturing. From accounts of the lads there, they were very heavy to work with.

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