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the_skine t1_j9yvfem wrote

Reply to comment by CompromisedCEO 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

Look into how bad Tesla's "Full Self Driving" performs. And that's in an environment with novels worth of rules and regulations that the car has to follow.

A warehouse environment requires drivers of powered lift equipment to do the parts that automation struggles with. Things like situational awareness, making judgement calls, improvising and adapting, simply recognizing when something isn't quite right, etc.

There are some robots being incorporated into warehouses, but this is mostly for smaller product (there's a Tom Scott video about this). It still requires people on powered lift equipment to unload the product off of trailers and move the product around the warehouse. Not to mention the people not on equipment required for the other jobs in between unloading the trailer and product leaving the building, usually requiring lifting product by hand.

Of course, with all of the reddit discussions and YouTube "documentaries" about how automation and AI are coming for "low-skilled" work (that actually requires a lot of skill, but is called that so they can be paid less), it's funny that the jobs that AIs are disrupting are mostly art, music, and writing.

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lifelovers t1_j9yupm6 wrote

Reply to Researchers have found the genetic links between headaches, migraines and blood sugar levels, which ultimately could lead to targeted treatments for patients by giuliomagnifico

Does anyone else experience sugar headaches? For example, if you consume a lot of sugar (especially white cake or sugar cookies - things like that), and then get a headache almost immediately when feeling the sugar in your body?

Everyone I speak to and everything I research says it’s not a thing. But it happens.

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rdtthoughtpolice t1_j9yuihc wrote

Reply to comment by theluckyfrog in New cohort study of 3.7 million adults finds that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease — associations more pronounced in low socioeconomic status communities by marketrent

I have a bike and I have a car. The bike is too slow and is mostly useless for anything other than recreation because it cannot move anything heavy. A frikkin horse would be more useful in all honesty.

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theluckyfrog t1_j9yu1hf wrote

Reply to comment by rdtthoughtpolice in New cohort study of 3.7 million adults finds that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease — associations more pronounced in low socioeconomic status communities by marketrent

Nobody ever said "bikes for all travel ever and cars won't exist". Black and white thinking is the enemy of progress.

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roberto1 t1_j9ytr3y wrote

Reply to comment by binneysaurass 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

Doesn't matter what your injury they will fight you to death to not pay the small amount you deserve.

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Clarka3 t1_j9yt738 wrote

Reply to Climate change, urbanization drive major declines in L.A.’s birds. 40% of bird species were present at fewer sites today than they were 100 years ago, while only 10% were present at more sites. Meanwhile, in the Central Valley, the proportion of species that experienced a decline (23%) by Wagamaga

the US needs to really invest in high speed public transit to cut down on the number of drivers there are if we want to meaningfully cut down on fossil fuel consumption and the greenhouse gases associated with it. the current sprawling of society makes it really hard for somebody to find a way to work that doesn't involve driving.

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mbattagl t1_j9ysp1j wrote

Reply to comment by CompromisedCEO 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

At the Amazon level, sure.

At the grocery store level it's nowhere near that. Forklifts are manually operated.

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mjh2901 t1_j9ysnbf 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

The more non union shops the higher the injury rate. Safety regulations are written in blood and enforced by shop stewards remove the second and the first is meaningless.

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harping_along t1_j9yscye wrote

Reply to comment by lilrabbitfoofoo in Researchers have found the genetic links between headaches, migraines and blood sugar levels, which ultimately could lead to targeted treatments for patients by giuliomagnifico

Yeah I've looked it up and that seems to be it, not much to do about it except eat little and often - I just keep snacks in my bag and my family & friends know when I get grumpy they need to track down some food! For the headaches I just try and make sure I get enough sleep, don't sleep in, and constantly drink water through the day. It's not too bad, I just wish I didn't have to always keep it in mind

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kafelta t1_j9ys580 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

A lot of folks think police officers have the most dangerous job of all, but it's statistically more dangerous to be in roofing, garbage collection, or warehousing.

We should have more respect for the people in these roles.

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binneysaurass t1_j9yppyn 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

So I suffered a hernia at work. Missed a month and a half due to recovery from the surgery. Because I reported it as a work related injury, the insurer my job uses would not pay me for that missing time. I was told to file for worker's comp, which denied me. Appealed, denied. Apparently there are some rather strict requirements for hernias to receive worker's comp in my state of residence.

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Algur t1_j9ypjlf wrote

Reply to comment by the_skine 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

So your warehouse isn’t in compliance with the above regulation. That doesn’t mean that the reg doesn’t exist.

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BenderIsGreat64 t1_j9ypauu wrote

Reply to comment by No-Sock7425 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 need to wear closed toed shoes, but not steel toed boots. Many places where steel toes are required, they don't exactly go around checking toes.

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the_skine t1_j9yp0ns wrote

Reply to comment by Algur 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

I work in a warehouse. Steel toe is optional. About 80% to 90% of employees wear sneakers. I wear composite toe so I can go through the metal detectors without setting them off.

We only send people home if they're wearing open toe or open back shoes.

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JEaglewing t1_j9yoqj4 wrote

Reply to comment by linusth3cat in For marginal occupations licensed by U.S. states, the welfare costs of licensing exceeds the benefits, as workers have to expend resources to obtain the license and consumers pay higher prices. [The study looks at professions that require license in some states but not others]. by smurfyjenkins

States lacking reciprocal licensing is a different issue that needs to be addressed, but that doesn't negate the importance of licensing. Just like we want people to prove they are competent before they drive a car, there are plenty of jobs that need the same competency check so that they don't kill people with shoddy work.

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