LillyPip
@LillyPip@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Thumbs up to people dying. 4 days ago:
It would be cathartic for many of us, though.
- Comment on Thumbs up to people dying. 4 days ago:
That’s what happens when you put people in leadership positions who earnestly believe that empathy is a “fundamental weakness’. Ya know, ignoring that empathy is precisely what’s made us successful as a species in the first place.
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 5 days ago:
We’re not homo naledi. We’ve been living in increasingly modern societies forever, and definitely long enough for it to be more natural to us as a species than shitting in bushes and dying of dysentery.
- Comment on Everybody poops 1 week ago:
Looks like a robot.
- Comment on Everybody poops 1 week ago:
They might also get around like sea lions, hard to say.
- Comment on Everybody poops 1 week ago:
Some people seem to only not assault others because they might get called out in i, so they assume everyone else is the same way. It’s pretty weird, and they’re really just telling on themselves.
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week ago:
liquefaction necrosis
bones collapsing
So, these are things that have actually happened, since we know that’s a thing. Good lord.
I’m not afraid of many things, but that sounds horrific. Have people lived through that? I kinda hope not.
These sorts of things are why regulations are written in blood, right?
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week ago:
I’m actively working to keep their bones undissolved (not exaggerating)
😳
Uh… story time? Or not.
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week ago:
That’s great advice, thanks. Also, thank You for doing what’s a mostly thankless job that keeps people safe. You’re in an industry that’s mostly invisible but that’s vitally important, and you probably don’t hear that.
I appreciate what you do.
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week ago:
Right, and that’s my point. If OP shows more knowledge than the company (which seems likely if they’re acting this way) by citing OSHA codes, that might scare them into at least providing air conditioned break rooms, right?
I meant ‘fear of god’ in the colloquial sense, not literally. Like, many grossly noncompliant companies at least begin to try when they realise, oh shit, people working here actually might know their rights and might sue us if shit goes arseways, right?
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week ago:
Yes, but mightn’t this OSHA info be useful to put the fear of god into them? Based on what I’ve read in OP’s post and comments, it doesn’t sound like the employer is taking any kind of precautions (break room with AC, etc).
There’s no legal case here, but if people are unreasonably uncomfortable, it seems bringing up the OSHA regs (specifically, not generally) could at least get them to improve conditions a bit.
My ex and my son both work in a state and industry where OSHA is a guideline and not a rule, but if you bring up a possible OSHA violation in a health and safety meeting, it’s taken seriously. Not because they’re worried about citations, but because often that can be grounds for a civil lawsuit if something does happen (it’s a basis for ‘they should have known). Companies will try to meet those standards to cover their ass, right?
I’m talking about residential and commercial property management, not manufacturing, though, so it may be different.
- Comment on Cheeto devouring his nation 1 week ago:
Cunningham’s Law:
The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.
- Comment on Cheeto devouring his nation 1 week ago:
On the other hand, he’s well known for eating things he wants to hide. He eats notes after meetings.
I would be surprised if he hasn’t had someone redesign the US flag for him, based on his ‘vision’. So eating the flag to hide it is totally on brand.
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week ago:
Highway to the extreme caution zone just doesn’t have that ring to it.
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week 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.
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week ago:
Environmental temps that high put you a serious risk of heat stroke, though. That seems like a pretty clear health and safety violation.
From OSHA: Exposure to Outdoor and Indoor Heat‑Related Hazards
Dangers of Exposure to Heat Hazards
Exposure to heat hazards both outdoors and indoors could lead to serious illness, injury, or death. Heat-related illnesses and injuries can happen at varying ambient temperatures, especially in cases where workers are not acclimated, perform moderate or higher physical activity, or wear heavy or bulky clothing or equipment, including personal protective equipment. Heat-related illnesses and injuries also generally occur when body heat generated by physical work is performed in conditions of high ambient heat, especially when combined with humidity and inadequate cooling.
Heat Index
The National Weather Service (NWS) uses a heat index (HI) to classify environmental heat into four categories:
- Caution (80°F – 90°F HI);
- Extreme Caution (91°F – 103°F HI);
- Danger (103°F – 124°F HI); and,
- Extreme Danger (126°F or higher HI).
It sounds like you’re in the Extreme Caution (and sometimes in the Danger) category.
OSHA mentions a Heat Safety Tool app in that document, too.
Here’s their Heat Stress Guide, too, which says:
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) requires employers to comply with hazard-specific safety and health standards. In addition, pursuant to Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, employers must provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
Enforceability does vary, but OP should know this sounds like a pretty blatant violation and may be enforceable.
- Comment on Sweatshop 1 week ago:
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.
- Comment on Jetpack-strapping rescue robot achieves stable lift and hover 1 week ago:
As well as strapping a twin-jet pack to its back, the team also sacrificed the original robot’s flexible human-like hands in favor of more fire-breathing JetCats. Thrust is said to max out at 1,000 N (around 225 lbf) and exhaust temperatures can get as high as 800 °C (1,472 °F).
(Emphasis mine)
- Comment on Ugh it never ends 4 weeks ago:
Wait, your right or my right?
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 4 weeks ago:
Hahahaha relatable.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 4 weeks ago:
Oh nice. Just remember to hydrate and get some sleep. It’s so easy to lose hours to that game!
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 4 weeks ago:
Medieval Dynasty: New Settlement in VR. It’s quite good, though a bit glitchy here and there. Finished the main quest line and am now running my tavern whilst waiting for my baby to be born.
- Comment on Yes 5 weeks ago:
I will! Just so you know, I was 12, so I cant vouch for the quality of writing or gameplay, lol.
- Comment on Yes 1 month ago:
I’m trying to get my 89 year old dad to set aside the tapes of the first games I programmed on our Commodore 64 in like 1981 when he moves this year. I really want them.
Early mud stuff. I’ll post it if he finds it.
- Comment on Pictures of Animals Getting CT Scans Against their Will: A Thread 2 months ago:
MOISTURISE ME
- Comment on Why is my community modding everyone who comments? 2 months ago:
Awesome, thanks for letting me know you don’t see everyone as mods. That helps me.
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- Comment on Me want cookie 2 months ago:
Subscribe
- Comment on Me want cookie 2 months ago:
Also demonstrated the placidity of the prey species (cookies) being oblivious to the threat and just doing their own thing.
I’m using this as a citation now. You can’t stop me.
- Comment on ooo.ooo 2 months ago:
I could, but you’re not paying to watch me fail.
