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In summer the labors work sometime outside and even if they are inside, the temperature is too much for them . which can cause danger to their lives and health. remember Dehaydration, Heat Stroke, Stess, and even severe situation can lead to death. keep your employees hydrated with minerals in water. Dont rely only on water. but put some electrolytes, salted water and other minerals which go off the body during sweating. Safety and health is not only our duty ,but a humanitarian aspect persist there. Help me and others who will read this post to understand the danger and provide good suggestion to save many lives, or in more details, save more families>...............
Reduce the physical demands of workers. - Use relief workers or assign extra workers for physically demanding jobs. - Provide cool water or liquids to workers. - Avoid alcohol, and drinks with large amounts of caffeine or sugar. - Provide rest periods with water breaks. - Provide cool areas for use during break periods. - Monitor workers who are at risk of heat stress. Workers should avoid exposure to extreme heat, sun exposure, and high humidity when possible. When these exposures cannot be avoided, workers should take the following steps to prevent heat stress: - Wear light-colored, loose-fitting, breathable clothing such as cotton. - Avoid non-breathing synthetic clothing. - Gradually build up to heavy work. - Schedule heavy work during the coolest parts of day. - Take more breaks in extreme heat and humidity. - Take breaks in the shade or a cool area when possible. - Drink water frequently. Drink enough water that you never become thirsty, Approximately1 cup every15-20 minutes. - Avoid alcohol, and drinks with large amounts of caffeine or sugar. - Be aware that protective clothing or personal protective equipment may increase the risk of heat stress. - Monitor your physical condition and that of your coworkers. Hope above is useful and help you to ensure zero incident during the summer. Regards,
During a Construction Project for a factory , especially during Ramadan when heat is at its peak, I did allow complete freedom to local engineers not to miss their social interactions but in discussion with expat workers and staff, observed work during evening and thru night with special food packets organised for their eating during night and at stoppage of work so that they can observe the religious duties without any obstruction.I could achieve more than 80% work efficiency during Ramadan.For normal working days during Summer, strict observance of rest period as per dictat from Ministry of labour was observed and special spaces for rest by workers were also organised. Emergency response kit and ambulance to take care if any heat stroke emergency arises were also oin place.
Engineering controls: Insulating or shielding hot surfaces to reduce radiant heat, providing air conditioning or ventilation to remove hot air or reduce humidity, eliminating heavy work or having it done at a time or place where the heat hazard will not exist.
Administrative controls: Acclimatize workers to the heat, supervise work, provide water and encourage workers to drink it, salt tablets are not recommended because they take a long time to enter the system, there are recommendations for work rest cycles in different conditions and types of heat, plan to adjust work/rest schedules according to broadcast humidex or temperature ratings, if personal protective equipment is required, ensure any heat retention caused by it is taken into consideration when planning the work.
Personal protections: Schedule work to be done in the shade or cool times of the day where possible, wear loose fitting, tightly woven clothing that covers arms and legs, sunscreen of at least a SPF should be used on all exposed skin, those working outside should have good sunglasses that filter out UVA and UVB wavelengths, wear a hat with a tight weave and a three inch brim all around.