Posted By Jason McQueen Can anybody point me in the right direction concerning working in extreme temperatures. The situation is that we have staff members who routinely work in temperatures aproaching -35o for approx 90 minutes in any one working day. Recently a situation developed where management was threatening disciplinery procedures due these workers taking 30 minutes for a 'warm up' period. Most of the literature that I've studied recommends that these breaks be allowed but I was wondering if there was anything that went into a little more detail in terms of recommendations for maximum time to temperature exposures and recovery periods. Many thanks

Posted By Ron Young Perhaps a telephone call to the HSE would produce a definitive answer

Posted By Nigel Singleton BSc Try inernational standards document ISO 11399:1995 Ergonomics of the thermal environment - Principles and application of relevant International Standards