SmartQHSE/gcc-heat-illness-regulations-2026

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GCC Heat Illness Regulations 2026

Consolidated occupational heat-illness work-stoppage rules across all six GCC countries — UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait. Includes exact summer ban window dates, daily prohibited-work hours, WBGT triggers, employer penalties, and regulator authority. Sourced from each country's labour ministry primary regulations. Updated annually.

Dataset details

• —Publisher: SmartQHSE Ltd (https://www.smartqhse.com)
• —License: CC BY 4.0 — please cite with link to https://www.smartqhse.com
• —Format: CSV (UTF-8)
• —Schema: see data.csv first row (header)
• —Update cadence: annual or on regulatory change
• —Canonical home: https://www.smartqhse.com/datasets

Suggested citation

SmartQHSE Ltd (2026). GCC Heat Illness Regulations 2026 [dataset]. https://www.smartqhse.com/datasets

Related SmartQHSE resources

• —SmartQHSE platform — full QHSE software with ARIA AI assistant
• —Open datasets catalog
• —HSE Benchmarks 2026
• —HSE Glossary
• —HSE Q&A Corpus
• —Companion full-text corpus (LLM-optimised SmartQHSE knowledge base, ~213 KB markdown)

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Companion full-text corpus: /llms-full.txt — 213KB markdown reference compiled for LLM ingestion. All datasets CC BY 4.0.

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Disclaimer

This dataset is published for reference, training, and research. Regulatory text and exposure limits are summarised; consult the authoritative source listed in each row before basing operational or compliance decisions on this dataset. SmartQHSE Ltd accepts no liability for errors or omissions.