While scientists have spent decades covering how extreme heat and cold lead to death, new research using data from California emergency departments shows that the heat may be making us sicker too.
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I work in similar condition, but unfortunately the owner has a nice air conditioned office on the off chance he’s even at the factory so he doesn’t give a shit. After 7 years of this crap I finally started recording the temperatures and humidity this summer so I can calculate the heat index and then I can write up an email to send to the health and safety team that I’m part of at the end of the summer to really give some data as to what we actually deal with. Maybe someone at your factory can do the same thing to try to make an argument? It’s one thing to check a thermostat that’s reading a dry temp of 88-92, but if you were able to show in real terms that’s actually 100°+ it might help.
Not even halfway through the summer and we’ve already had over 2 weeks of 100°F+ temperatures… Hit 106° 3 times and 109°F was the worst so far. Hell I’d be thrilled if they installed some system that only activated at ~90°F heat index, I don’t need 67° perfection, just anything to not be roasting all the damn time.