Is anyone able to share their experiences with me of how breaks are controlled for employees working within freezers? How long a period can an individual be expected to work with the correct PPE (driving an flt) before he requires an adequate break to warm up. Our employees currently work 12 hour shifts with 2 x 20 mins breaks any links anyone can provide for further information or examples would be very much appreciated.

We used to give 10 minutes in every hour and provide hot drinks free of charge

More information needed to answer this. I know of one cold store where the individual cabs are heated. The staff are probably more comfortable than a lot of shop workers with constantly opening doors at this time of year.

Rather than any rule of thumb, the ISO Standard refer to undertaking a calculation that takes into account the rated insulation values of PPE etc and the operating temperature inside. There is a free resource via the ILO Safework Encyclopeadia of Occupational Safety & Health with topics:- Cold Environment and Cold Work http://www.ilo.org/iloen...nvironment-and-cold-work Cold Indices and Standards http://www.ilo.org/iloen...ld-indices-and-standards

Thank you to all that have responded to my post and given me the information that I requested. I failed to mention that the freezer is soon to be a "new" addition to our site. I wanted to ensure before it became operational that our employees, along with additional measures, are given the adequate breaks that they will need which shall be a lot more than they currently receive.