Re:American Chipmakers Had a Toxic Problem, Then They Outsou...
by ethbro on Friday June 16, 2017 @05:01PM
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In your experience, did you find there was a independent, empowered worker-safety advocate in the decision line?
As you note, I seem most of the dangers not coming from dangerous chemical, but from management pressure to sidestep SOP in order to make quota.
I think the biggest thing you could do is remind the technicians that their safety is paramount, even when we're line down waiting for a critical tool to come back up. The pressure to restore a multi-billion dollar fab to production is intense, and it can cause people to cut corners on safety.