18th January 2010, 05:08 PM
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There are no set rules for min and max temperatures for outdoor work (unlike offices or enclosed premises).
However the kind of weather that you have experienced recently in the UK would I thought have required a risk assessment as to the safety issues concerned specifically with low temperatures as well as any other risks posed by the weather.
From the HSE web site
The main requirement of the PPE at Work Regulations 1992 is that personal protective equipment is to be supplied and used at work wherever there are risks
to health and safety that cannot be adequately controlled in other ways.
The Regulations also require that PPE:
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From the HSE web site
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