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soda-jerk t1_j9ydg7m wrote

Reply to comment by Fakarie in Workers tasked with moving products in the U.S. food and beverage supply chain are at a high risk of severe injuries and fatalities — Grocery wholesalers and grocery retail stores saw the highest number of injuries, followed closely by the warehousing and storage groups by marketrent

This might be closer to the actual reason for the injuries.

Safety is held in front of every company in this country like a shield. You're overwhelmed with mountains of safety videos when you start just about any job, now, and you'll probably hear things like "culture of safety" being thrown around.

That's the corporate side. On the job, you quickly find that your workplace's culture is more about presenting the illusion of safety, while cutting every corner possible.

Amazon is absolutely notorious for this. I worked for them for a few months last year. Safety videos, initializations, and acronyms for days. Yet, my first day, I was placed with a trainer whose first words to me were: "I'm the guy they send to show you all the shortcuts".

Safety is a magic word, now, in the corporate world. I know there are some places that really do take it seriously, but by and large, it's lip service paid to keep their insurance costs down.

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No-Sock7425 t1_j9yftw5 wrote

All of that ‘safety’ is used to replace another word. Liability. I have worked for companies that have actually killed people and the most important thing those companies learned was to make sure employees signed all the appropriate paperwork to protect the company. Safety is there to protect employees about as much as Human Resources is there to protect employees.

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soda-jerk t1_j9ygre5 wrote

Oh trust me, I know.

It's why they have an "asset protection" department, but not an "employee protection" department.

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roberto1 t1_j9ytz4l wrote

Safety training only makes you more liable....

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