So socialism

[Lexicus]

Yep, and friendly reminder that the US Supreme Court recently ruled that this is fine btw.

I might add that all the court's "liberals" voted with the majority in this case; the only dissent was Alito, of all people, on procedural grounds.

 

[Farm Boy]

I would agree with this and amplify this point by noting that in the US at least, many of the most dangerous occupations, such as warehousing and meat-packing, are done under conditions where employers have every incentive to falsify the records of workplace safety incidents and the largely undocumented immigrant workforces have little recourse. So I would submit that we do not really know the true state of workplace safety in the US.



Yep, and friendly reminder that the US Supreme Court recently ruled that this is fine btw.

Warehousing was less dangerous in my experience than meat processing or outdoor equipment operation, much less forestry or fishing or even trucking, in my experience. Are we counting back strains? Delivery drivers seem a rougher go on that?

 

[Lexicus]

Warehousing was less dangerous in my experience than meat processing or outdoor equipment operation, much less forestry or fishing or even trucking, in my experience. Are we counting back strains? Delivery drivers seem a rougher go on that?

You may be thinking of warehousing a few decades ago, now with "just-in-time fulfillment" (the affluent need their packages TODAY dammit), there are a lot of injuries in the warehouse sector. An org I worked with many years ago did its own study of the logistics sector in NJ and found, among other things, pregnant women lifting heavy stuff inducing miscarriage was commonplace.

 

[Farm Boy]

I would get stuck in duct work picking for about 4 hours at a time. 6' to 10' long, 60 to 80lbs, but usually not more than 60. Then cycled out to smaller pick work. It's the comparison. I'm way more likely to jack myself up cleaning up fencerows. Just more to go wrong. Less control.