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The cooling vests are something I should bring up in my next health and safety meeting! I doubt they’ll buy them, but at least we’ll have it on record that it was brought up lol

We used to have a purchasing agent that would buy water and stuff when it got really hot, but now we have one that argues about buying stuff we need to actually do our job let alone feel comfortable doing it lol

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SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
A few hundred bucks of cooling stuff vs how many tens or hundred thousands if everyone keels over?

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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
These are the vests we have: TechNiche CoolPax. They’re okay. I find the ice packs melt quickly and freeze slowly but they’re good for temporary relief. My company initially bought these to be worn under hot PPE like hazmat suits, but even just having a bunch of ice packs in a freezer you can take out on the floor to hold onto could work.

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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Just did a stint at Lowe’s and we had all the cold, bottled water we could drink. The cost is a no-brainer vs. even one heat-related issue. Use the words “worker’s comp insurance” at that meeting!

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- Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  My mom has a similar situation at Home Depot, she actually said they finally adjusted the temperature when the customers complained. Naturally they couldn’t care less about the employees, but at least they did provide water.
  
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  - shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    LOL! Thought about Home Depot, but the store is clearly in worse shape and so are the employees.
    
    And here’s the thing, they don’t have to care about employees. Worker’s comp insurance is a big fucking deal, I know, worked for payroll place. One ding sets them back far more than 1,000 cases of water.
    
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TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Only takes one or two employees to pretend to have heat stroke/exhaustion and get a work sponsored trip to the hospital to force a change in the working environment.

Really would be safer for everyone to have someone pretend rather than wait until someone actually has one.

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