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Poland Preventive Meals & Drinks Regulation (Dz.U. 1996 Nr 60 poz. 279) — Heat Stress Control Measures

Poland Council of Ministers Regulation of 28 May 1996 on preventive meals and drinks (Dz.U. 1996 Nr 60 poz. 279). Heat-side triggers: outdoor work >25°C requires free drinks (§4.1.3); any workstation with atmospherically-caused temperature >28°C requires free drinks (§4.1.5); hot microclimate WBGT >25°C requires free drinks and meals (§4.1.1 / §3.1.2).

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Governing metric
Air temperature (°C) and WBGT (°C) — drink/meal provision triggers
Authority
Rada Ministrów (Council of Ministers), Poland
Jurisdiction
Poland
Legal status
Regulation
In force since
1996-05-28 (unverified)
Rule type
Control Overlay
Standard ID
HGC-083

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This rule has no numeric trigger the calculator evaluates — it states duties and control measures rather than a threshold a reading can be checked against. Its measures are listed below.

Governing formula

No standalone formula is published for this standard; see programmable logic and parameters below.

Control measures

ParameterValue
outdoorDrinkC25
workstationDrinkC28
wbgtDrinkC25

Programmable logic

Outdoor and airTempC >25°C: drinks. Any workstation airTempC >28°C: drinks. WBGT >25°C: drinks and meals. Drinks available throughout the shift; meals during breaks. No graduated work/rest schedule — duty/control overlay. The draft 2027 hard-stop reform is NOT in force and is not encoded.

Inputs

Required inputs: none

Optional inputs: airTempC, outdoor, wbgtC

Sources

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