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No-Sock7425 t1_j9ylaez wrote

Reply to comment by MrR0m30 in Workers tasked with moving products in the U.S. food and beverage supply chain are at a high risk of severe injuries and fatalities — Grocery wholesalers and grocery retail stores saw the highest number of injuries, followed closely by the warehousing and storage groups by marketrent

You seem confident in your statement. Can you offer any evidence beyond ‘’my manger said I don’t have to”?

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No-Sock7425 t1_j9yftw5 wrote

Reply to comment by soda-jerk in Workers tasked with moving products in the U.S. food and beverage supply chain are at a high risk of severe injuries and fatalities — Grocery wholesalers and grocery retail stores saw the highest number of injuries, followed closely by the warehousing and storage groups by marketrent

All of that ‘safety’ is used to replace another word. Liability. I have worked for companies that have actually killed people and the most important thing those companies learned was to make sure employees signed all the appropriate paperwork to protect the company. Safety is there to protect employees about as much as Human Resources is there to protect employees.

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No-Sock7425 t1_j9yf9jw wrote

Reply to comment by Fakarie in Workers tasked with moving products in the U.S. food and beverage supply chain are at a high risk of severe injuries and fatalities — Grocery wholesalers and grocery retail stores saw the highest number of injuries, followed closely by the warehousing and storage groups by marketrent

They absolutely are in any warehouse situation. Try running over your foot with a 2000 pound pallet or worse, crashing into an ankle, or getting a leg caught between the load and an obstacle. They may not be required by law in grocery settings but I can’t imagine why

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No-Sock7425 t1_j9y8cva wrote

Reply to Workers tasked with moving products in the U.S. food and beverage supply chain are at a high risk of severe injuries and fatalities — Grocery wholesalers and grocery retail stores saw the highest number of injuries, followed closely by the warehousing and storage groups by marketrent

I often see employees moving stock through stores with pallet jacks or forklifts and it’s 50/50 whether they have a spotter clearing obstacles but I don’t think 10% are wearing appropriate footwear like steel toed boots. The injuries described match perfectly with the work being done. Edit to add. I’m Canadian and not sure how little American workers are protected by law but in Canada steel toed boots have been required in all forklift ware operation for decades. More specifically you weren’t even allowed into areas where operation of that occurred without safety shoes. Again, I can’t say whether retail or grocery has this requirement but it would be baffling to find out that there was a niche industry that had escaped regulation for 30+ years.

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No-Sock7425 t1_j9t0yk0 wrote

Reply to TIL that Air Tahiti Nui Flight 64 holds the record as the world's longest domestic flight. The flight was between Papeete in French Polynesia and Paris (15,715 km/9,765 mi) taking 16h20. The current longest domestic flight is AF647 between Saint-Denis, Réunion and Paris (9,349 km/5,809 mi/11h40) by SteO153

You think they give out a second mini bag of pretzels for a flight this long? Probably not long enough to qualify for a meal though.

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No-Sock7425 t1_j7zfayr wrote

Reply to comment by Ramalkin in Following extensive electrochemical performance experiments, a research team has found a specific composition that could open doors to high-performance magnesium rechargeable batteries. Substituted magnesium-vanadium systems could eventually lead to the much awaited next-generation batteries. by rustoo

Thanks for providing this. Given the relationship the west has with China and Russia, let’s hope South Africa has enough for everyone else.

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No-Sock7425 t1_j7yxxqv wrote

Reply to Following extensive electrochemical performance experiments, a research team has found a specific composition that could open doors to high-performance magnesium rechargeable batteries. Substituted magnesium-vanadium systems could eventually lead to the much awaited next-generation batteries. by rustoo

Vanadium. Sounds like that’s available on every street corner. I wonder which underdeveloped nation gets to be the victim, uh… supplier, of a rare earth element.

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