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Extreme Heat

SororisOne
in Biology

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I am in the middle of an article, and I am not a biologist. I would like to know several things. How long can a human being work in 160 degree heat (Fahrenheit)? At what temperature does working being dangerous?

You would have to add time, air speed, shielding clothes and amount of effort in the equation.

 

I could install one screw at that temperature and run away immediately. Then wait several minutes of cooling for the next.

For many people, if 'work' means massaging a keyboard; if melting keycaps do not burn the fingertips, perhaps typing a paragraph or two would do it. :rolleyes:

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