Jobsite safety results from a mindset, and from economic incentives.
After graduating high school, I went to work in a factory. Almost four decades later, one co-worker remains etched in memory as a grotesque reminder that the good old days weren't all they're cracked up to be.
Little Joe was a diminutive, jovial Polish immigrant who worked as a welder. He'd often fill lunch breaks with a stream of dirty jokes that made us laugh as much at his thick accent and skewed punch lines as the crude humor.