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The article notes that safety precautions are routinely ignored. It also cites statistics in addition to the anecdotes. The agenda is to show that cheap manufac

• leereeves 10y ago
  The article also mentions (briefly) that things are improving: > [OSHA] cited one year, 2010, when workers in Alabama parts plants had a 50 percent higher rate of illness and injury than the U.S. auto parts industry as a whole. That gap has narrowed, but the incidence of traumatic injuries in Alabama’s auto parts plants remains 9 percent higher than in Michigan’s and 8 percent higher than in Ohio’s. Down from 50% higher to 9% higher.
  • function_seven 10y ago
    You’re comparing different stats. The article should have been clearer, but here’s what they’re saying: In 2010, AL parts plants had 50% higher rate of illness and injury than the national rate. That gap has narrowed since. The incidence of traumatic injuries (a different category) in AL is still 9% higher than Michigan’s. Also: > In 2015 the chances of losing a finger or limb in an Alabama parts factory was double the amputation risk nationally for the industry, 65 percent higher than in Michigan and 33 percent above the rate in Ohio. (Emphasis mine). This article could do a much better job laying out the numbers, that’s for damn sure.