Posted By Adam P Hi, We've recently had lots of complaints from our workforce about the heat in the factory. Can someone tell me if theres a maximum heat that people can work in, or if theres any special requirements we have to make for the heat? i.e. limited time exposed to the heat. We supply bottled water and air conditioned pulpits but as for the outside area where the majority of the workforce work there is nothing we can do to reduce the heat.

Posted By Sean Warburton Hi Adam, I have the same problem. In parts of our factory there are a lot of heat producing operations which cause the summertime working temperatures to get uncomfortably high, often well over 30c. As far as maximum temperatures are concerned there are none written in the regs, however the welfare regs state the "temperature shall be reasonable" (great help). We have looked at many options such as fans, additional drinking water, additional extraction, ventilation & whilst these have helped it is still very warm. Air con just isn't practicable in this environment. Interested to hear if others are having this problem :)

Posted By Sean Warburton Umm, interesting. Do you know the case references or names please? Sean