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> Is there any trade where people actually use appropriate safety precautions? Have you actually worked in construction or the trades? When I look at the const
by petertodd 3y ago
> Is there any trade where people actually use appropriate safety precautions?
Have you actually worked in construction or the trades? When I look at the construction/trade workers around me in Canada, the US, and the EU, hardhats, safety glasses, safety shoes, and (where applicable) fall arrest harnesses are all commonly used and used correctly. I've also done construction and trade/engineering-related work myself 10+ years ago, and using all the relevant safety equipment was mandatory and nearly 100% enforced. It didn't take much effort from management to get to close to 100% usage either, as people I worked with generally accepted that the safety measures were worthwhile.
Re: the specific issue mentioned in this article, I've been around a bunch of pottery studios in the past, and every single one of them strictly enforced measures to avoid silicosis. (namely, almost all operations were done with dustless wet clay, and at the end of the day all traces of clay were cleaned up before they could dry, essentially every single time)
- BobbyTables2 3y ago[dead]
- amluto 3y agoResidential or commercial?
- eternityforest 3y agoI've worked around the trades(Stuff like setting up control systems on a construction site, and doing light woodworking to fix all the stuff I had to break just to flash some firmware on some badly designed inaccessible device). The real pros use safety equipment, and it's great, I actually enjoy working with them more than other coders, but some of the craigslist handymen seem to think a crack pipe is respiratory protection.... and there's tons of them even in places I'd expect to be all really good pros....