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My wife's tour of the foundry floor turned into a safety lesson I didn't plan.
She came by to see what I do all day and wandered near a hot pour. I had to yell to stop her, and it shook us both up. Do you ever worry about family not grasping the dangers here?
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seanh911mo agoMost Upvoted
Yeah that "safety lesson I didn't plan" hits close to home. My family still doesn't get why I'm so tired all the time from night shifts, let alone the actual dangers of a job. They see the work but not the part where a split second matters. That moment it shakes you up is real, it's like your brain shows you the worst case all at once. They just don't have the context until they're standing right in it.
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the_jennifer1mo ago
My friend's dad is a lineman for the power company. Everyone sees him up on poles but never thinks about the live wires or the fall risk. This happens all the time where the real danger is invisible until you're close. My mom thought my warehouse job was safe until she saw a forklift almost tip over. People miss the constant split second choices that keep you alive. Your wife seeing that hot pour is just how it goes.
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