Thursday, November 15, 2018

How Much Is Your Life Worth?


Everyday employers across all industries and workplaces are looking for ways to save money and increase profit. One corner that should never be cut, is procuring or maintaining life saving equipment. Whether it’s firearms, medical gear, or safety equipment employers have a responsibility to ensure their people have quality equipment to work with.

This is my story of an incident where my employer failed to exercise and understand this concept and thus left me with shrapnel in my face for the rest of my life.

I was lucky, the piece fused into my skin and my body didn’t reject the object or cause it to become infected. Many other workers are not so lucky. Check out the video!