We have an 8 man crew and work outside. I have a guy that has worked with me nearly ten years. He is about 30 years old and looking at him he appears to be in the best physical shape of anyone on our crew. Not overweight at all and muscular. I have worked side by side with him over the years many times doing strenuous work in 110 degree heat. Never seemed to phase him in the past.
It seems over the last couple years he can take the heat less and less. It has got really bad lately. Temps are 90-95 degrees and he is unable to do anything. He is drinking plenty of water and works like an ox all morning but about noon when it starts getting warm he becomes more or less useless. Right now we are not even doing work that could be remotely considered strenuous he can't even stand around in the heat and I would not even really call it heat. Around here it isn't hot unless it is over 100. Today I was comfortable and did not even drink a lot of water or think it was hot and he looked like he was about to pass out.
I know this guy well enough to know he is not lazy or trying to dodge work so I was just wondering what might be wrong with someone that would cause this?
He plans to visit a doctor when we get home but we are on the road on a job and won't be back for a week or so.
It seems over the last couple years he can take the heat less and less. It has got really bad lately. Temps are 90-95 degrees and he is unable to do anything. He is drinking plenty of water and works like an ox all morning but about noon when it starts getting warm he becomes more or less useless. Right now we are not even doing work that could be remotely considered strenuous he can't even stand around in the heat and I would not even really call it heat. Around here it isn't hot unless it is over 100. Today I was comfortable and did not even drink a lot of water or think it was hot and he looked like he was about to pass out.
I know this guy well enough to know he is not lazy or trying to dodge work so I was just wondering what might be wrong with someone that would cause this?
He plans to visit a doctor when we get home but we are on the road on a job and won't be back for a week or so.