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These examples of injuries intrigued me. I felt like I was watching that show "100 ways to die". To add to Matthew's point, how smart do you have to be to know to not light a match and put it inside a gasoline tank? Obviously productive labor is cut off because of these people's lack of common sense. I know it sounds terrible but thats just ridiculous.-Jeff R. | These examples of injuries intrigued me. I felt like I was watching that show "100 ways to die". To add to Matthew's point, how smart do you have to be to know to not light a match and put it inside a gasoline tank? Obviously productive labor is cut off because of these people's lack of common sense. I know it sounds terrible but thats just ridiculous.-Jeff R. | ||
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| + | “Throughout modern industry, the human organism is expected to adapt itself to an ever-changing mechanical environment.” The statistics at the beginning of Bowers article is disturbing. In my mind, I never thought to believe that the modern industry today still has common number of incidents involving serious injuries/fatalities, partially due to the kind of laws & regulations we have today. Employee negligence may be the reason for these injuries; however, it is the company who are the ones who must take proper care of their employees rather than the “fear that the expense involved will reduce profits.” Even though the worker who lit the match near the gasoline tank lacked any common sense whatsoever, how was he to know if the tank could hold more gasoline? His thought process was a natural instinct to add some kind of light in order to see. While the result of lighting the match was bad for his, the company could of provided their employees with cheap flashlights, helping to see when it is time to stop filling up the tank of gas- due to the fact that many other employees probably have been in a situations where they were unsure of when to stop filling up the tank. – Megan Gallagher | ||
