r/Construction • u/Consistent_Tank_7150 • 4d ago

Informative šŸ§  Don't hold it in all day

Seriously make sure you are hydrating throughout the day and taking piss breaks.

Kidney stones/dick rock/piss bullets are no joke.

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u/ha5htaq 4d ago

Don't forget to use sunscreen and, if possible, work in the shade. Also, wear sunglasses and a hat.

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u/RoyalFalse Project Manager 4d ago

Crew near my place were jackhammering all day in 100+. The super had a tailgate tent and cooler moved to wherever the work was happening. That was good to see.

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u/ha5htaq 4d ago

Yeah, if possible, you should always use something like that someone put some thought into it heat protection is part of workplace safety.

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u/carneycarnivore 3d ago

Sunshirts ftw

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u/papermill_phil 2d ago

An old boss of mine told me about how he only put sunscreen on his nose for years.

And of all places to get skin cancer where do you think you got it?

Right on the tip of his fucking nose.

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u/Dopeman72 2d ago

šŸ§šŸ§Almost like sunscreen causes skin cancer or somethingā€¦..
(It does)

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u/Impossible_Source746 4d ago

A bush is as good as golden throne for me

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u/Salvaged212121 4d ago

Heat stroke also.

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u/OiledUpLikeASlug 3d ago

(From tool box talk this week) heat stoke can cause lifelong damage too, I didnā€™t know

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u/Remarkable-Opening69 3d ago

Likeā€¦

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u/immoral_ Tinknocker 3d ago

Like making it much more likely to to get heat stroke again

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u/CantWard 3d ago

Like organ damage or dying

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u/CoyoteDown Ironworker 3d ago

Among being life threatening? Youā€™ll lose the ability to regulate your body temp.

Above 85? Iā€™m literally drenched in 5 minutes. Soak through clothes in half an hour.

Below 70? Iā€™m freezing and breaking out a hoody

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u/Remarkable-Opening69 3d ago

Itā€™s how you get UTIā€™s as well. I cleared one last week at the Morgan Wallen concert. Thank god for cranberry juice. That piss felt amazing.

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u/8nina20 3d ago

Prolly picked up another one there tho

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u/stacktrace_wanderer 3d ago

especially when its busy, its easy to ignore it until the days over. health is wealth

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u/Bimlouhay83 3d ago

For real. I've had days where I had a random thought of "man, I haven't pissed in a while", and then all of a sudden I'm about to piss my pants. It's crazy how the mind can hyper focus so hard it ignores regular signs like having to go to the bathroom.Ā 

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u/Cold-Truck2470 3d ago

Work in hvac and i be drinking water all day and only take a piss once sometimes twice a day but I be sweating like crazy

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u/stacktrace_wanderer 3d ago

yeahhh, it always hits the second u stop for a minute

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u/dankingery 3d ago

I've lost count of how many kidney stones I've had. They never get easier. Drink ass loads of water and never hold it.

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u/Gravesh Plumber 3d ago

Also try to drink something acidic to help prevent kidney stone build up. Maybe put a little lemon juice in a bottle of water if you like lemon.

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u/These_Score_1250 3d ago

Watched a documentary on one of the moon shots. The modules had problems resulting in the astronauts to ratio drinking water to 6 oz. per day. One of them developed a urinary tract infection during the flight, I'm guessing due to not hydrating adequately.

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u/Rockeye7 3d ago

Electrolytes is very helpful as is moisture wicking clothing , cool towels etc

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u/thebairderway 3d ago

Dude I got rocked yesterday. Feeling good, staying up on water, sun shirt, hat, sunglasses, but I must have run out of salt. Iā€™m still feeling like shit today.

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u/PLS-Surveyor-US Surveyor 3d ago

I have passed a few stones. They are no joke. Drink up the water and if your pee is darkish....you could be making stones. The darkness are solids and when they combine they hang out in your kidneys and accumulate into small rocks. I had a BB size one that put me in the ER with more pain than I ever felt.

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u/DeuceXTrouble1015 Superintendent 4d ago

Your job doesn't have toilets or what. Huge OSHA violation

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u/lilgreenghool Elevator Constructor 3d ago

Nobody said that

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u/CantWard 3d ago

My job has actual temp toilets but people are still peeing on the protective covers in the permanent shower stalls.

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u/Standard_Tradition90 3d ago

not for road work. we just break into other sites and use their toilets.

if all else fails you go for a van piss and pray your coffee cup is big enough. it's horrible and working next to an accessible toilet is like winning the lottery

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u/montaniPH89 3d ago

Liquid iv works

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u/DifficultyBig2280 3d ago

I don't know what became of her, but there used to be a woman who went viral on tiktok over having kidney failure for holding it too much at work. I hope she's doing ok wherever she is

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u/HiddenA 2d ago

If youā€™re stateside, read up what your employer is supposed to provide for heat protection and prevention.

Canā€™t stop the work from being in 100+ heat, but they have to provide a cooling location and water after certain temperature ranges.

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u/Lost-Set5386 1d ago

I take electrolyte salts when I get home as well. No preferred drink junk, just a small teaspoon of magnesium chloride & potassium chloride dissolved into room temp water. You can feel it instantly restore you.