American hard hat jobs have the highest level of open positions ever recorded

Re:American hard hat jobs have the highest level of open pos... by morkalork on Monday July 31, 2023 @08:32PM (#36950814)

In healthcare and there's very explicit rules about how one is to approach, lift and transfer or roll patients, who weigh more than the staff attending to them. Even including a count of staff-per-weight ratio. Sadly, I imagine if one took the same precautions in construction, you'd be told to hurry tf up and you're on your own.

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Re:American hard hat jobs have the highest level of open pos... by thaeli on Monday July 31, 2023 @09:24PM (#36951183)

Compare this to EMS, where unless you're lucky enough to be fire or hospital based, worker protections are almost nonexistent.

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Re:American hard hat jobs have the highest level of open pos... by dendrite9 on Monday July 31, 2023 @10:45PM (#36951727)

And even there workers get hurt and are pressured to do some tasks with less assistance. Unfortunately it isn't hard to do just a little bit too much and get hurt.

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Re:American hard hat jobs have the highest level of open pos... by zer8k on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:39PM (#36952005)

I know several healthcare professionals with permanently screwed up backs because a patient was falling and they went to catch the patient. Much like an I-beam falling on you, you don't always get to pick and choose what you have to deal with.

I asked a couple nurses I know and they have never heard of this "staff-to-weight" ratio. At least here in America most hospitals operate on staff-to-patient ratio. I suppose this could be different in other countries.

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