Textile workers working in high-temperature environments need to take measures in multiple aspects such as improving the working environment, personal protection, and health management to ensure safety and health. The following are some specific coping suggestions:
I. Measures that factories/enterprises should take to improve ventilation and cooling in workshop environments:
Install industrial fans, negative pressure fans or air conditioning systems to enhance air circulation; Enterprises with the necessary conditions can use water-cooled air conditioners or evaporative cooling equipment.
Isolate heat sources: Insulate heat-generating equipment (such as dyeing machines and dryers) to reduce radiant heat.
Adjust working hours: Avoid high-temperature periods (such as 11:00-15:00), implement shift work or morning and evening shifts, and reduce continuous working hours.
Provide heatstroke prevention supplies, distribute refreshing beverages (such as salted soda water, mung bean soup) and heatstroke prevention medicines (Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, Ren Dan, etc.).
Set up a rest area in the workshop, equipped with cold drinks, wet towels and other cooling items.
Implement policy guarantees to distribute high-temperature allowances in accordance with national regulations and provide necessary labor protection supplies (such as breathable work clothes and sun hats).
Regularly monitor the temperature and humidity in the workshop to ensure compliance with the requirements of the "Management Measures for Heatstroke Prevention and Cooling" (open-air operations must be halted if the temperature exceeds 35℃).
Ii. Personal Protection Suggestions for Workers
Choose lightweight and breathable cotton or quick-drying fabric work clothes for scientific wearing, and avoid chemical fiber materials.
Wear a breathable cap, ice sleeves or use a cooling neck scarf to reduce direct sunlight. Replenish water in time. Drink light salt water or electrolyte-containing beverages in small amounts and frequently. Avoid drinking a large amount of water at one time.
Avoid drinking high-sugar beverages, alcohol or caffeinated drinks (which may aggravate dehydration).
Adjust the work pace. During breaks at work, lie flat in a shady place and wipe the skin with a wet towel to cool it down. If symptoms of heatstroke such as dizziness and nausea occur, stop working immediately and report.
Iii. Health Management and Emergency Measures
Preventing heatstroke: Avoid going on an empty stomach or overwork before starting work. The diet should be light and easy to digest. Regular health check-ups should be conducted. People with hypertension and heart disease should avoid high-temperature positions.
The emergency treatment workshop is equipped with first aid kits and trains workers to master first aid knowledge for heatstroke (such as quickly moving to a shady place, applying cold compresses, and replenishing fluids). Severe heatstroke (such as body temperature exceeding 40℃ or coma) requires immediate medical attention.
Iv. Long-term Improvement Suggestions: Technological Transformation
Promote the upgrading of automated equipment to reduce workers' exposure to high-temperature areas.
Greening and cooling: Plant green plants or install shade nets in the factory area to lower the environmental temperature.
Vocational training: Conduct lectures on high-temperature protection knowledge to enhance workers' self-protection awareness.
Through the above measures, enterprises should assume the main responsibility, and workers should also enhance their self-protection awareness to jointly address the challenges of high temperatures and ensure the safety and health of summer production.