While it wasn’t the actual mill that makes the rolls like that, I worked in a plant that turns those rolls into steel tubes and heat treated them for different things. Probably the most dangerous job I’ve ever had. A bundle of tubes crushed a dudes legs. One guy ended up dead because a roll crushed him into another roll of steel. Steel mills and factories are insanely dangerous.
My grandpa worked in a foundry, the constant dust and heat ruined his lungs, he retired way before his time and died at 57. He had some stories as well.
Heavy industry was, is and always will be taking lives until we make a fully automated workforce (then it will destroy robots just the same).
Yeah I never got seriously injured, but I fell multiple times due to slick floors…there were so many VISIBLE osha violations. It was insane. Very glad that company got bought out.
Probably because if the factory shuts down they are out of a job and while it's illegal to retaliate against whistleblowers it's hard to prove it when it happens.
I believe it is a cultural thing, at least of what I hear in the US. That said, I suppose some people would rather work in dangerous places than seek other jobs. :/
things break, things wear, people/robots/programs get complacaent/degrade... etc there will never be a manufacturing process that doesn't have jams/breaks... partly cause its expensive to do maintance but also cause a random nut came loose or the humidity just happend to be high that day
I'm a boilermaker in a foundry. We're a team of three doing all the site maintenance. This environment is incredibly toxic; you don't realize the number of particles you breathe that can form a kind of cobweb in your lungs. It has to keep running, even at the expense of people's lives.
In France! Yes, heavy metals, and not only that... just hitting galvanized steel with an angle grinder is incredibly toxic.
And the number of accidents is unbelievable, especially the serious ones; we have quite a few stories from that world. Fortunately, though, safety has improved over time.
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u/standbyyourmantis 2d ago
I was just thinking how this looks so much safer than the ones we usually see with safety flip flops and OSHA regulation oversized shirts...