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bradlees t1_jdwk5wj wrote

Reply to comment by persolb in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992

Oh I see persolb - dying is just a thing that everyone who goes into work just has to deal with. Like, who cares if you die at work. Right buddy?

Except people no longer have to die. Follow these rules and put this gear on or use these guards or follow these steps and you will never get killed at a job. Which is why your statistics are so low for workplace deaths.

I’m am betting you never saw someone get killed at work. Have you?

I have. Twice. Both “just wanted to get things done”. No extra time was saved and both will never see their kids grow up or go home again.

Comments like yours are just coming from a place where you don’t know any better. I felt that way too. Then I saw a guy get crushed. Another get smashed into the warehouse floor after falling from the top level racking.

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persolb t1_jdx0zd9 wrote

Four times. Two suicides by train, one roll away and crush, one because a scissor lift failed.

Excluding the two suicides, neither was ‘because they wanted to get it done’.

You missed the part where I said the goal is to mitigate risk. That does not mean safety is the first priority. The safest job is always the one that doesn’t happen.

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