Shitty way to go, but that’s what LOTO procedures are for. You should never be working within reach of a robot arm while it has power. If it’s gotta be in a particular position for maintenance, move it to that position, then lockout all energy sources before entering its reach.
Ideally yes but if you know you’ll be fired for halting the line for ten minutes then you’ve got loads of incentive to try to fix the problem in twenty seconds…
Have you ever been a lowly paid, replaceable worker before? Risking your life for marginal increases in shareholder profits is kind of par for the course.
This is a different country, and different culture. It’s been in the news for years now that Koreans are literally working themselves to death. To the point they just fall over and die. There’s been many protests trying to get the government to step in and change things, but so far capitalism has done its thing and people are still dying. If they don’t keep working, they lose their livelihoods. Some people work 80 hour work weeks in dangerous conditions, just to barely afford an apartment not much bigger than a closet. There’s no other option for them, except to starve.
If you want more context, there’s quite a few good documentaries on YouTube about the issue.
Shitty way to go, but that’s what LOTO procedures are for. You should never be working within reach of a robot arm while it has power. If it’s gotta be in a particular position for maintenance, move it to that position, then lockout all energy sources before entering its reach.
Ideally yes but if you know you’ll be fired for halting the line for ten minutes then you’ve got loads of incentive to try to fix the problem in twenty seconds…
If you know you could die if you don’t, then you’ve got one very important incentive to try and not fix it any other way.
Have you ever been a lowly paid, replaceable worker before? Risking your life for marginal increases in shareholder profits is kind of par for the course.
I am a lowly paid, replaceable worker.
Not risking my life for someone else’s buck.
This is a different country, and different culture. It’s been in the news for years now that Koreans are literally working themselves to death. To the point they just fall over and die. There’s been many protests trying to get the government to step in and change things, but so far capitalism has done its thing and people are still dying. If they don’t keep working, they lose their livelihoods. Some people work 80 hour work weeks in dangerous conditions, just to barely afford an apartment not much bigger than a closet. There’s no other option for them, except to starve.
If you want more context, there’s quite a few good documentaries on YouTube about the issue.
There’s always another option besides begging or starving – forcing; strikes, rioting, and revolution.
Different cultures, different ways.
Let them fire you, then sue and get rich!
Ah heck yes! South Korea, the land of worker’s rights and…the Chaebol.