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UPS employee falls ill due to extreme heat
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<blockquote data-quote="HomeDelivery" data-source="post: 863174" data-attributes="member: 33696"><p>not true in my fedex terminal... most of those workhorses, freightliners, and repainted DHL ford e350/450 stepvans only have buttons for AC, but they don't work... the only ones that has operating AC were the standard cargo vans, the sprinters, and the rental vehicles.</p><p></p><p>since my contractor has more routes than vehicles, i get one of those budget 10' trucks instead w/ AC <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":P" title="Stick Out Tongue :P" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":P" /></p><p></p><p>are you guys allowed to bring a 12v plug-in fan to the cigar lighter socket & just clip the fan in your package vehicle? that's what I had to do when I was assigned a package van without AC before...</p><p></p><p>-------------------</p><p></p><p>i prefer the dog days of summer over the blizzard/ ice / snow of peak season. </p><p></p><p>I bring a gallon jug of gatorade/tang/lemonade/fruitpunch (from a powdered mix) and another gallon jug of water, along with a small cooler filled with ice. then I also use 2 sport bottles & constantly hydrate myself... rotate the one sport bottle inside the cooler to chill the liquid while drinking out of the other. that seems to work for me for the past 6 years of summertime fun.</p><p></p><p>even with an AC vehicle, the constant changes from an AC unit to the outside hot/humid air (was like 90% humid one day) also took a toll on me during the peak of the day. I was lucky I only had 8 stops left on that day before ending my route...</p><p></p><p>sweat most of the fluids i was drinking most of the time & have a porta john just in case</p><p></p><p>also bring another uniform shirt, deoderant, spare socks to change out of if I feel like it. Sometimes having a dry shirt/socks gives me that 2nd-wind boost i need to get through my 10-14 hour days.</p><p></p><p>I also hear it on the purple side; they had to go to the hospital because they didn't prepare for those hot days ( & I cover a driver or 2 routes that had heat exhaustion almost every year) a few bucks spent on fluids is much better than the trip to the ER and getting an IV to re-hydrate & cool down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HomeDelivery, post: 863174, member: 33696"] not true in my fedex terminal... most of those workhorses, freightliners, and repainted DHL ford e350/450 stepvans only have buttons for AC, but they don't work... the only ones that has operating AC were the standard cargo vans, the sprinters, and the rental vehicles. since my contractor has more routes than vehicles, i get one of those budget 10' trucks instead w/ AC :P are you guys allowed to bring a 12v plug-in fan to the cigar lighter socket & just clip the fan in your package vehicle? that's what I had to do when I was assigned a package van without AC before... ------------------- i prefer the dog days of summer over the blizzard/ ice / snow of peak season. I bring a gallon jug of gatorade/tang/lemonade/fruitpunch (from a powdered mix) and another gallon jug of water, along with a small cooler filled with ice. then I also use 2 sport bottles & constantly hydrate myself... rotate the one sport bottle inside the cooler to chill the liquid while drinking out of the other. that seems to work for me for the past 6 years of summertime fun. even with an AC vehicle, the constant changes from an AC unit to the outside hot/humid air (was like 90% humid one day) also took a toll on me during the peak of the day. I was lucky I only had 8 stops left on that day before ending my route... sweat most of the fluids i was drinking most of the time & have a porta john just in case also bring another uniform shirt, deoderant, spare socks to change out of if I feel like it. Sometimes having a dry shirt/socks gives me that 2nd-wind boost i need to get through my 10-14 hour days. I also hear it on the purple side; they had to go to the hospital because they didn't prepare for those hot days ( & I cover a driver or 2 routes that had heat exhaustion almost every year) a few bucks spent on fluids is much better than the trip to the ER and getting an IV to re-hydrate & cool down. [/QUOTE]
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