State regulations on high temperature operation

National regulations on high temperature operation:

1, outdoor work should be stopped when the daily maximum temperature is above 40℃;

Outdoor work above 2.35℃ can enjoy high temperature allowance;

3. heatstroke at high temperature can be diagnosed as an occupational disease and can enjoy work-related injury insurance;

4. The trade union shall supervise the labor protection measures of the employer in high temperature operation and high temperature weather according to law; Others.

Death from heatstroke after work is a work-related injury:

1. The employing unit shall ensure the safety of employees according to law. When working at high temperature, cooling measures should be taken or working hours should be adjusted to avoid safety accidents of personnel at high temperature.

2. According to the Management Measures for Heatstroke Prevention and Cooling Measures jointly issued by state administration of work safety, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, workers who suffer from heatstroke due to high-temperature operation or high-temperature weather operation and are diagnosed as occupational diseases are entitled to work-related injury insurance benefits. Therefore, death from heatstroke at work is a work-related injury.

Provisions for high temperature weather in summer construction:

1. High-temperature operation refers to the operation in which the wet-bulb temperature index (WBGT index) exceeds the specified limit under the abnormal operating conditions of high temperature, strong thermal radiation or high humidity (relative humidity ≥80%RH).

2. High temperature weather refers to the weather where the daily maximum temperature is above 35℃ released to the public by the meteorological offices and stations affiliated to the competent meteorological departments at or above the prefecture level. Hot weather operation refers to the operation that the employer arranges workers to carry out in a high-temperature natural meteorological environment in hot weather.

To sum up, high-temperature workers should eat as many fresh vegetables and fruits as possible to prevent some vitamin deficiencies.

Legal basis:

Article 17 of the Measures for the Administration of Heatstroke Prevention and Cooling Measures

Workers engaged in high-temperature operations enjoy post allowances according to law.

If the employing unit arranges laborers to engage in outdoor open-air operations in high-temperature weather above 35℃ and cannot take effective measures to reduce the workplace temperature below 33℃, it shall pay high-temperature allowance to the laborers and include it in the total wages. The standard of high temperature allowance shall be formulated by the provincial administrative department of human resources and social security in conjunction with relevant departments, and adjusted in time according to the social and economic development.