Submitted by [deleted] t3_xxxbts in pittsburgh
westinghousesghost t1_ireegsk wrote
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It's also quite possible the bucket worker made the move himself. I absolutely don't want to sound like I'm blaming him here, please don't take it that way, but the reality is workers often knowingly cut corners and cause accidents independently of anyone else and despite training.
Cryptic_Skies t1_irepo5q wrote
as someone who once spent a summer in a bucket truck, this is unfortunately true.
westinghousesghost t1_ireqibc wrote
I used to supervise a warehouse...the lack of give-a-shit among the associates (for work ethic, safety, quality, anything) was astounding. I quit that job after 2 guys committed a huge safety violation (which they had been trained numerous times over 2 years of work to avoid) and the regional manager blocked my efforts to fire them for it.
SendAstronomy t1_iret0bp wrote
The unwritten rule at a lot of jobs. You have to do things the safe way, but management will look the other way so the job can be done fast/cheap.
Same thing in information technology. Companies will outright ignore security to do it fast/cheap. Occasionally they will sacrifice an employee to take the blame when they get hacked.
And the bigger the company the less likely they will get held to account. Look at how many credit card breaches happen every year.
westinghousesghost t1_ireyfed wrote
>The unwritten rule at a lot of jobs. You have to do things the safe way, but management will look the other way so the job can be done fast/cheap.
Ain't that the truth. My current job involves occasionally using a boom lift. I have experience with them and use appropriate safety gear, but I'm not technically certified. For my own safety and liability, I make sure I stay well within my limited range of skills with it. But there's one area I need to use it that I don't feel safe using it (on a grade, enough to set the grade alarm off). People, and my boss, keep telling me ways to do it, and I'm just like "nope, pay someone who knows what they're doing to do it, not worth it to me." Don't make employees do things they don't feel safe doing.
Cryptic_Skies t1_irerkuz wrote
i spent a summer in a warehouse as part of a contracted team. i completely agree with you. my team was fired because two of our members refused to follow basic safety protocols and caused $5k worth of damage.
as for the bucket truck...while i never did anything that would endanger my life, there were several situations where safety could no longer be first, only because the task could otherwise not be completed.
BigHugeTime t1_irgksuy wrote
Bro wouldn’t have fell 80 feet if he was harnessed in the way he should have been.
deVriesse t1_irh0yrs wrote
It always blows my mind how much I have to yell at people for endangering themselves just to make their employer more money faster.
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