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I would imagine health and safety and deaths have also decreased since that period. Quick look at https://sbcmag.info/news/2015/jan/construction-jobsite-fatali
by Zenst 5y ago
I would imagine health and safety and deaths have also decreased since that period.
Quick look at https://sbcmag.info/news/2015/jan/construction-jobsite-fatality-rate-decreasing https://sbcmag.info/news/2015/jan/construction-jobsite-fatal... does seem to bear this out, though really need a longer time-scale for a bigger picture upon this.
- deelowe 5y agoMaybe this depends on the region? Literally zero concern for safety where I live. Framers especially get hurt all the time.
- wussboy 5y agoPerhaps. Although I do think it’s interesting that we’re now saying things like “framers get hurt all the time” and not things like “framers get killed all the time”, which would have been much more common in ages past.
- deelowe 5y agoI think that’s maybe more due to the medical system though. Here, no one ties off and no scaffolding is used. I know someone personally who almost died not long ago. My father used to do commercial roofing and fell 30ft once as well.
- steveBK123 5y agoExactly. Look at the number of deaths on large NYC building/bridge projects in modern times vs 50, 100, etc years ago. I have an uncle who has lived for 40 years with mental disabilities and unable to drive, from an a construction site accident. My grandfather died before reaching 60 after a series of ailments starting with a back injury suffered in the construction industry. It is hard & dangerous work, which has gotten dramatically safer over time. It nonetheless remains hard on the body.