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Keep your cool! Tackling heat stress at work (A4 poster)
06 December 2005
Keep your cool! Tackling heat stress at work
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The law says your employer must maintain a reasonable temperature in your workplace.
There should be enough thermometers in the building for you to determine the temperature where you work.
The law doesn't specify a maximum reasonable temperature - but research shows that high temperatures can cause health problems.
Loss of concentration and accident rates increase at temperatures above 25°C. Heat stress and sweating can cause headaches, nausea, fainting and skin rashes.
Prolonged exposure to high temperatures causes heat stroke which can be fatal.
Keep your cool! Tackling heat stress at work (Poster R7) was correct at date of publication October 2002.
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