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
They didn’t even set the fan to “on” mode!
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
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!
I was riding on a bus today where the temperature was 38c(101f). I only sat on it for like 40 minutes and i felt like fucking soup after, imagine having to be the bus driver. High temps like this are extremely dangerous actually.
Why is it on heat mode? They just dont wanna run AC at all?
There is no ac at all lol
Edit: I should rephrase that, the human beings in the office have ac, but the system this thermostat is hooked up to for us animals does not have an AC unit. I’m like 90% sure we only have heat so water pipes don’t freeze.
Luckily my ambulance has AC. Here’s our top temp from yesterday:
I vote we rename this comm to “infuriating” and have people bring their own adjectives to their post
Lucky. 100° f in mine rn.
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.
“For our profits, it is reasonable not to waste money on AC.” – Your boss
literally in the danger zone unless it’s super dry where you are.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.
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
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?
Uh, airline tickets to India?
It’s literally in the extreme caution zone.
Edited to add, I’m not good at reading charts, explanation below.
Highway to the extreme caution zone just doesn’t have that ring to it.
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.
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
For me the main thing would be airflow there, and the type of work. I’ve done full days in 35+ machining but windows and doors were open so there was a breeze which made it bearable (not pleasant days mind you)
We have fans, but the air is fairly still outside and pretty humid. “Thankfully” today is less humid than it usually gets, but it’s still thick. I’m in manufacturing as well so there’s all the typical machines running adding to the heat that I’m sure you’re familiar with lol
Im so jealous of people in climates where windows being open matters xD
Its been 80% or higher humidity and no breeze for a week at 90+ fahrenheit for me. Temperature hasn’t dropped below 80 even at night
Edit: It rained for like 30 minutes earlier. And the temperature went down about 6 degrees to a cool 83 🙃
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.
