Cold? What cold? In a Saskatchewan winter outdoor work just gets done
Cold? What cold? If it’s winter in Saskatchewan – and this winter has been a proper one – outdoor jobs still needs to get done.
When you drive along in your heated vehicle and it’s minus 30 or worse outside chances are you’ll still see crews on a local construction site or working on public services. According to experts the secret to surviving this sort of working day is part preparation, acclimatization and constant monitoring.
“If you’re a bystander and that’s not the nature of your work or you’re driving by a work site, you really have to wonder ‘what are these people doing?’,” Jack Hardy a manager of prevention services with the Workers Compensation Board of Saskatchewan told paNOW. “[But] they’ve been out there doing that in two degree increments all year long.”
That’s the acclimatization angle, but Hardy added workers and employers should be partners in monitoring conditions and taking the right steps to ensure things are safe.