go to the company nurse and complain of heat stroke or heat exhaustion symptoms, and insist on being sent to the doctor, or sent home sick.
then call in sick to work the next day.
that becomes what they call an "OSHA recordable" injury/illness, and no company wants that, especially a "lost time" recordable.
to put this in perspective, there was a man who got hurt at work. he hurt his hand but he had gloves on. he went to the bathroom, and removed his glove. the sight of the blood made him faint, and he fell over and cracked his skull on the bathroom floor.
the next day, the man tried calling in sick, due to his fractured skull. the plant manager insisted that he come into work, and they would give him light duty. the man said he didn't feel comfortable driving, so the plant manager got in his own personal vehicle, and drove to the mans house, and dragged him into work. the man lived about 90 minutes away from work, and was a commuter.
clearly they didn't have any important "light duty" work for this man to perform, it was all about NOT getting an OSHA lost time recordable.
NOTE: this may only be relevant to people who work in businesses that employ more than 50 people
as long as we are talking about OSHA...
if you have to wear a mask for work, and its hot,
go to the company nurse and complain of heat stroke or heat exhaustion symptoms, and insist on being sent to the doctor, or sent home sick.
then call in sick to work the next day.
that becomes what they call an "OSHA recordable" injury/illness, and no company wants that, especially a "lost time" recordable.
to put this in perspective, there was a man who got hurt at work. he hurt his hand but he had gloves on. he went to the bathroom, and removed his glove. the sight of the blood made him faint, and he fell over and cracked his skull on the bathroom floor.
the next day, the man tried calling in sick, due to his fractured skull. the plant manager insisted that he come into work, and they would give him light duty. the man said he didn't feel comfortable driving, so the plant manager got in his own personal vehicle, and drove to the mans house, and dragged him into work. the man lived about 90 minutes away from work, and was a commuter.
clearly they didn't have any important "light duty" work for this man to perform, it was all about NOT getting an OSHA lost time recordable.
NOTE: this may only be relevant to people who work in businesses that employ more than 50 people