Some outdoor workers were not given adequate rest breaks under shade, among other contraventions.
SINGAPORE – Out of 250 workplaces inspected between March and June, about 30 per cent were found to have breached heat safety rules during these hottest months of the year, when recorded temperatures on certain days exceeded 36 deg C.
Other measures include shifting outdoor work to cooler parts of the day and having scheduled hydration sessions.The months from March to June are some of the warmest of the year. For example, a worker could do two hours of work outdoors on his first two days at work, while avoiding the hottest hours. He can spend the rest of the working day doing light tasks indoors.
Back then, a lifting supervisor, who had a pre-existing medical condition, succumbed to heatstroke on his first day at work after the two-month circuit breaker due to Covid-19. Associate Professor Jason Lee, from the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, said: “Focusing solely on heat disorder cases as an outcome measure overlooks the far-reaching impacts on productivity, decision-making and workers’ morale.
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