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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by Asafum@feddit.nl to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
 

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

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[–] AMoralNihilist@feddit.uk 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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)

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 10 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

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 🙃

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why is it on heat mode? They just dont wanna run AC at all?

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Complain that it isn’t reasonable.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 7 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

We have lol for "them" unreasonable is when the thermostat reads 100° which it just so happens to never hit... We get 98° pretty regularly in the summers, but I've only ever seen 99° as the highest not 100...

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry I’m not saying to complain so they change it. I’m saying complain and now you have a written record for osha that the temperature is unreasonable. You can now force their hand.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 points 14 hours ago

Oh, yeah I'm on record for that for sure. I'm part of the health and safety team so every month each summer I bring up the heat lol

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Can you also say that what they are telling you is unreasonable? They should be working in the same building if they think it's ok.

I always wonder about these situations where the breakdown is. Somewhere someone's boss is just ignoring the needs of those below them and they think they are helping the company. You need to find where that's happening

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 points 14 hours ago

It's a small enough company that decisions that involve any expensive expansions go to the owner. He's already denied a request to set up a few fans near the ceiling to get airflow from one side of the building out to the other so anything like an actual a/c are out of the question.

The general response is "we told you it gets bad in the summer, if you don't like it there are plenty of doors to walk out of."

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

As a UXD who was a firmware dev for products (not thermostats, but similar things), in looking at this display, I’d bet money it’s not capable of showing numbers past 99. The layout doesn’t seem to allow space for more than a 2 digit temp reading.

The ‘heat’ and ‘fan’ indicators on either side of the temp reading are in a fixed location, so the temp display would max at 99. It’s highly plausible the real temperature exceeds that as you say.

Are you in the US? This situation feels like something OSHA would frown upon.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

It is "hilarious" that you would mention that because I joked with the guys at work that I bet they bought a thermostat that isn't capable of reading 100° lol

I'm in the US, and OSHA has only ever shown up once on a perfect 75° day and we apparently had notice ahead that they were coming.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

There is definitely no space for a 2-segment to the right of "heat". You can check by looking at it from a flat angle, you should be able to see all possible legends reflecting light off the LCD

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago

I doubt they did that intentionally – i think many indoor thermostats don’t allow space past 99 (I just checked mine, and it doesn’t either), because that’s an unreasonable temperature for indoor spaces, and would be such an edge case that display space is more important from a design perspective.

The point is that’s an unreasonable temperature. Sorry they’re treating you like this. Makes me angry for you.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 2 points 22 hours ago

Also noticed it's a Honeywell Home version. Most likely not "industrial" grade and would have no reason to show beyond 99.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

I have a thermostat that looks just like that at home. It doesn’t go to 100°, like the other commenter said.

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 8 points 23 hours ago

I vote we rename this comm to "infuriating" and have people bring their own adjectives to their post

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 7 points 23 hours ago

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.

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

Pass out from heat exhaustion and then sue them

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know what kind of work you do, but I've worked in factories and manufacturing my whole career and this isn't that unusual in my experience. I'd definitely be raising my pitchforks if you weren't provided water, breaks, and some methods of cooling (such as fans).

Worst I've ever had was in a paper mill. The dryers ran very hot and sometimes our job required getting really close to them. They were hot enough to burn, so long sleeves were required when near them. Easily had some 40+ °C days in there, but we had access to a cooled break room and allowed quite a lot of breaks.

Still, when we did have to work by those dryers, it was usually because the paper broke and caused big jams. That is a hell of a mess and has to be cleaned up as quickly as possible to get the machine making paper again. Let me tell you, wet paper is heavy. Hauling that shit down the length of the dryer alley, in 40+ heat, in mandatory sleeves and long pants... Some of the hardest work I've personally ever done.

Pay was great though.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 23 hours ago

Good on them for at least trying to provide something! I'm in manufacturing and we thankfully lack the 40+C issues, but we also lack the great pay and cool break room lol if it's bad enough on our allotted breaks (2 15min per day + lunch) we'll just go to our cars and run the AC. They don't give any extra time to cool off though just the same break structure as usual.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

They didn't even set the fan to "on" mode!

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 23 hours ago

Lucky. 100° f in mine rn.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Do you guys make sweatshirts and sweatpants?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 23 hours ago

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

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