National regulations on high-temperature work
National regulations on high-temperature operations:
1. Outdoor open-air operations should be stopped when the daily maximum temperature is above 40°C;
2. Outdoor open-air operations above 35°C You can enjoy high temperature allowance;
3. Those who are diagnosed as occupational diseases due to heat stroke during high temperature work can enjoy work-related injury insurance;
4. The labor union organizes the employer's labor protection measures for high temperature work and hot weather in accordance with the law. Implement supervision; others.
Death from heat stroke after get off work is considered a work-related injury:
1. Employers should ensure the safety of employees in accordance with the law. When working at high temperatures, they should take cooling measures or adjust working hours to prevent personnel from working under high temperatures. Safety accidents occur under high temperatures.
2. According to the "Administrative Measures for Heatstroke Prevention and Cooling Measures" jointly issued by the State Administration of Work Safety, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, workers working in high temperatures or working in hot weather Those who cause heatstroke and are diagnosed as occupational diseases will enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits. Therefore, death from heatstroke at work is considered a work-related injury.
High-temperature weather regulations for summer construction:
1. High-temperature operations refer to high temperatures, strong thermal radiation, or high humidity (relative humidity ≥80%RH ) combined with abnormal operating conditions, operations where the wet bulb black-bulb temperature index (WBGT index) exceeds the specified limit.
2. High-temperature weather refers to weather in which the daily maximum temperature is above 35°C announced to the public by the meteorological stations affiliated to the meteorological authorities at or above the prefectural level. High-temperature weather operations refer to operations that employers arrange for workers to perform in high-temperature natural weather environments during high-temperature weather periods.
To sum up, workers working in high temperatures should eat as many fresh vegetables and fruits as possible to prevent certain vitamin deficiency diseases.
Legal basis:
Article 17 of the "Administrative Measures for Heatstroke Prevention and Cooling Measures"
Workers engaged in high-temperature operations shall enjoy post allowances in accordance with the law.
If the employer arranges for workers to engage in outdoor operations in weather with temperatures above 35°C and cannot take effective measures to reduce the temperature of the workplace to below 33°C, it shall pay high temperature allowances to the workers and include them in the total wages. . High temperature allowance standards are formulated by the provincial human resources and social security administrative department in conjunction with relevant departments, and will be adjusted in a timely manner according to social and economic development conditions.