I see what you're saying, but I disagree. At some point, safety relies on competence and compliance with safety protocols, even by OSHA standards. Driving a vehicle is the same way. If there were required periodic training and higher enforcement of regulations, there would still be accidents (though likely much fewer!) Drivers are still in control of vehicles and people can still make bad decisions. Even good drivers have momentary lapses in judgement. It's the human element that can't be 100% accounted for.
These things really depend on the company. I've worked on and off at my family's sheet metal fabrication company for 16 years. Hazardous? Yes, but there's usually plenty of protections in place to prevent most injuries. Very very few people actually get hurt and it's usually because someone did something dumb. I only encountered long hours when I worked at another fab company because they were bad at managing headcount and usually had too much work. For hour inconsistency, I've never encountered that except the one time I was laid off. Usually temps help fill in the gap if they're scared they won't have enough work long term instead of hiring another person full time and sending people home when work runs out. The hours were sustainable, but working the production floor was low pay. Usually $14 per hour for first shift and $21 per hour for graveyard shift IIRC. This is just my experience with two companies though, so mileage may vary.
It's fascinating reading your side of this, everything you said tracks with getting paid by insurance carriers as well. I'm a revenue analyst for an insurance agency. There are no established rules or SOPs they follow. They each make up their own thing. For each established rule one carrier follows, there's another one who does something completely different. Some of their websites are really good and helpful while others are the oldest looking sites I've seen in years. We have a team of people who are assigned carriers, and only work with those carriers, so we can keep track of how each one operates and pays us. It's a mess. I couldn't imagine trying to navigate all these carriers by myself in order to get paid, on top of managing a practice.
It's also very expensive compared to other finish options like plating or different types of paint. I would be surprised if price wasn't also a factor.
My house was one of the ones hit in this storm. Baseball sized hail was blowing in sideways and broke a window. We lost a huge limb from our oak in the front yard. I got a roof inspection yesterday and it's shot, it needs replacement. This was an expensive storm for me, but it could've been much worse. One of my coworkers said her neighbor's tree fell on her house.
I know this is a common experience with ADHD, but somehow I'm the opposite. Visual media makes me hyper focus. As a kid, I was usually the only one still awake at the end of a late night movie. If there's a tv on and someone is trying to talk to me, it takes a lot of effort to focus on what's being said to me. I can't put things on in the background unless it's just music. Does anyone else experience this?
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