Patronato Inca: colpo di calore è infortunio su lavoro, con aumento temperature crescono rischi

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00:00How to work at high temperatures?

00:04Working at high temperatures, both outdoors and in closed environments, can be dangerous.

00:10And when hit by a sudden heat stroke, this event is considered a work accident.

00:16It should be remembered that it is the CGL link, which underlines how during heat waves, work accidents increase.

00:23We are doing a training in training because everything that derives from extreme temperatures,

00:29from heat stroke to thermal stress, we must say that it is a work accident.

00:37While too often today we underestimate the risks, we underestimate the symptoms.

00:44Heat stroke and extreme temperatures can be suffered by both workers who work outdoors,

00:51the residents, the buildings, the drivers, but also those who work in closed environments,

00:56extremely exposed to heat.

00:59If we think of foundries, or if we think of sectors where there are cooks, or where the temperatures are high,

01:06even there, workers are strongly exposed to get sick, let's say,

01:12to have the injury caused by the heat stroke, by the thermal stress.

01:17There were deaths because of the heat stroke, so it is important to prevent,

01:22it is important to tell the workers to stop, to call for emergency services,

01:27and then to come to INCA to put in place the right protection for the recognition of the heat stroke injury

01:33or heat stress in general.

01:35And for the owner, the phenomenon of injuries and professional diseases is underestimated compared to the real size in the country.

01:42The labor market, represented by a very large number of precarious jobs, seasonal jobs,

01:50and involuntary part-time jobs, unfortunately often leads workers not to put in place

01:58the path for the recognition of the damage caused by work,

02:02that is, the right to health is renounced for the right to work,

02:07because they are afraid of denouncing an injury or of starting a path for the professional disease

02:14that perhaps that worker is not recalled after the end of the part-time contract.

02:22From our point of view, in the entire national territory, with our exporters,

02:28we touch this element with our hands and we must say that the right to work and the right to health

02:34are two elements that must be on the same plate of the scale, they cannot be in contrast.

02:41And INCA CGL remembers that the owner is ready to support workers in preventing injuries

02:47and in recognizing their protections.

02:50So, what we do as the owner of the CGL is to inform in a continuous and constant way

02:59in the entire national territory, also through targeted training courses,

03:04talking based on the sector of which risks the worker is exposed to.

03:10Risks that can lead to injury, we were talking about the heat stroke, for example,

03:15underestimating the symptoms can also lead to and even increase injuries,

03:23because underestimating the symptoms can lead to and increase injuries.