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

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    The OSHA recommendation is 68-76F, which isn’t a direct link to ‘reasonable’ but provides a suitable context to frame workplace conditions.

    If people’s body temperatures can be measured exceeding 100F a link to heat stress and increasing risk of injury in the workplace can also be drawn as it’s generally the equivalent of working with a fever.

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      I brought that up once during a health and safety meeting, but the issue is the state law being so vague we can’t really force a change and since this isn’t a corporation they seem less inclined to care about legal issues. We’re just a small “mom and pop” factory, like the health and safety meeting I have is myself and the QA inspection guy lol From how he’s described his interactions with “the office” in relation to things mentioned in the meetings they seem to just want us to write down the minutes of the meetings as a formality for OSHA if they ever did come to inspect.

      I’ll mention it again so it is on record multiple times though.

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        Can you break the office ac? Or repeatedly set it to the warehouse temp every time you walk by it.

        Edit: because it’s considered reasonable (elsewhere in the comments), call it a cost savings measure.