Yep, spemt three months backpacking through Central America. Even as a tourist, you sort of start accepting that life is dangerous after a while. Or you just don't leave the hotel.

Within the last twenty-five years I have seen men holding on with one arm while operating a jackhammer with the other hand to cut through the cornice of a building in order to clear the way for a demolition chute. Other men about the same time were operating power saws on pipes propped up on a roof with gravel, and had no eye protection. This was in downtown Washington, DC/

Hey, at least they have face shields and gloves, that's better than a most third world workers I've seen.

that is pretty amazing!