in heavy construction, there are personality types, job descriptions, and source of contract, at least.. (what I saw) each specialty has people from "sketchy pi

in heavy construction, there are personality types, job descriptions, and source of contract, at least.. (what I saw) each specialty has people from "sketchy pickup help with obvious problems" to "journeymen-young" to unionized people or specialty, high-rate sources. Those varying sources have different habits that are sort of consistent within their group. Guys with their own trucks, try to drink on the job, have some kind of sketchy scam moves.. or maybe more modern, people that really do not speak the prevailing language well (edit: English here) and may not really be literate in their own language.. those folk do tend to cheat the safety, have poor training, not look out of themselves or others.. including ear protection. For some asinine reason, the steel workers are a breed apart, and go deaf regularly while brandishing their intense crafts. Meanwhile, super fastidious, long-term, skilled people in many trades, wear all sorts of protection, correctly, in good condition. Of course there is an element of supervision and enforcement in determining how safety equipment is available and used, but more than that I think it is the peer group, the procedures/expectations from their own company, how they got hired, where they come from socially and where they think they are going personally, that changes the habits. side note - substance abuse including alcohol and tobacco is common, however, when you move your body all day long, it burns up toxins far faster than any desk jockey, even given a lunch hour sports break.