Oh well, I'm sure a few more workplace accidents will definitely lift productivity - Not!
Several years as MD/GM of large manufacturing businesses taught me that, far from reducing productivity, a focus on workplace safety actually lifts productivity, because employee culture and attitudes improves significantly and these factors always effect productivity.
And, as the Japanese auto industry taught the world, quality is inextricably linked to cleanliness and safety in the workplace.
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au

Oh and another point rechtub,
Will you volunteer to go knock on someone's door and say, "Madam, I have some bad news for you and the kids, your husband won't be coming home from work - ever. But, Madam, look on the bright side. You may have lost a husband, but see how our profit has improved since we saved money by abandoning workplace safety."
Somehow, I don't think you'd take that job, rechtub.
I think you'd let someone else do the dirty work, while you sat in safety and comfort pushing your free market ideology.
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au

Come on Anthony. We're not allowed to sack them [you know, jobs for life & all that], so how are we going to get rid of all those bludgers, bush lawyers, union delegates & just plain dead heads, if things get too safe.

You've got to leave us a few dangerous jobs/places in industry, to use to get rid of the malcontents. Belay that, we have no industry left to have dangerous places in it.

There is mining of course, but Gina & Clive have fixed that. It will be guest workers only in the mines, so who cares how many get done in there.

Anthoinyve only you bring me back to this red neck thread.
Seemingly holders of about half your IQ some actually swear in anger at your introduction of reality.
Rechtub may be under some unknown pressure.
Symptoms can include lashing out in manner such as this.
As an ex employer, known via his posts to dislike, a soft use of the word, hate may well have fitted, workers/unions/wages/backpackers/well not enough space.
Safety in the workplace is driven by? the boss!
All want less blood on the benches, floor/highway, I could go on but the whole thing is too hard for red neck corner to take on board.
I have shared the awful task, telling mum and kids dad is dead, with the boss.
Mark this! it is not beyond Rechtub to demand no meal breaks, sleeping on the floor by the work bench, and an end to annual leave.
Rechtub denounces his dads thoughts, but is at best, unable to think clearly.

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Well, what do they expect, the amount of safety inductions performed each and every day are killing a decent days work.
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How's 25,000, Yes - read it loud "TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS" and four days work to put a 20 dollar extraction fan in a government building. All because of over the top bureaucratic bullsh!t!

Something you can do in ten minutes for about 70 bucks anywhere else where there are no union parasites watching over your shoulder!

And people wonder why everything is going through the roof cost wise?

Speaking of Bullsh!t....
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au