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<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 655431" data-attributes="member: 18044"><p>Big Babooba,</p><p> </p><p>Here in Lynnfield, down the road a piece from Chema, we fall under the same Mass. regulations, and even the same Plant Engineering guy as you do.</p><p> </p><p>We've been suffering with no heat, or inadequate heat, for three years on the Local Sort shift. UPS has only just recently found the money to "fix" the broken heater. They installed a giant fan that blows constantly, 24 hours a day, and can't be shut off!!! It's probably designed to circulate warm air. Problem is, the heater thermostat is set so low, the air is always cold, so the fan is just blowing cold air almost all the time. This added wind chill just makes the cold air feel even worse, and draws the colder outside air into the building even faster.</p><p> </p><p>UPS argues that they are a <u>garage</u> with open overhead doors and that the cold outside air coming into the building is unavoidable. They say they are a <u>warehouse</u>, and the heat standard for a warehouse is much lower than an office.</p><p> </p><p>Also, look closely at the regulations you quote. Notice it says the <u>rooms</u> in use will be heated to those specified temperatures. Well, UPS will argue that the working areas of its buildings don't have rooms. Just vast open space. They do keep their offices roasty-toasty warm, as we all know when we occasionally enter one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 655431, member: 18044"] Big Babooba, Here in Lynnfield, down the road a piece from Chema, we fall under the same Mass. regulations, and even the same Plant Engineering guy as you do. We've been suffering with no heat, or inadequate heat, for three years on the Local Sort shift. UPS has only just recently found the money to "fix" the broken heater. They installed a giant fan that blows constantly, 24 hours a day, and can't be shut off!!! It's probably designed to circulate warm air. Problem is, the heater thermostat is set so low, the air is always cold, so the fan is just blowing cold air almost all the time. This added wind chill just makes the cold air feel even worse, and draws the colder outside air into the building even faster. UPS argues that they are a [U]garage[/U] with open overhead doors and that the cold outside air coming into the building is unavoidable. They say they are a [U]warehouse[/U], and the heat standard for a warehouse is much lower than an office. Also, look closely at the regulations you quote. Notice it says the [U]rooms[/U] in use will be heated to those specified temperatures. Well, UPS will argue that the working areas of its buildings don't have rooms. Just vast open space. They do keep their offices roasty-toasty warm, as we all know when we occasionally enter one. [/QUOTE]
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