4,600 Workers Hurt on the Job Since 1995

Chapter 1 1. McWane Corporation is the company that is known as one of the US worst and most dangerous business to work for.

2. Marco Lopez begins his day with pain. He hurt his back on the job.

3. 4,600 workers hurt on the job since 1995.

4. Burns, amputations and violent industrial accidents are common.

5. McWane workers say “safety is sacrificed for production”.

6. Increased profitability from disciplined management practices. These resulted in increasing profits at an enormous human cost.

7. To increase productivity they ignored human needs such as urinating.

8. OSHA sets safety rules.

Chapter 2 9. Coffer was missing for 2.5 hours trying to relieve the pressure on his arm.

10. 6,000 workers die from accidents in the US

11. Gerry Hopson died a long slow death by walking over an unguarded machine.

12. Company should have had a shield or guard so people couldn’t walk thru the hazard.

Chapter 3 13. Safety Handbook spells out all the rules.

14. There is a gap on the shop floor between policy and practice.

15. As productivity increase there were four more amputations after Ira Kofers and 30 more safety violations in 1999 of unguarded machines.

16. Tyler Pipe and McWane continued to violate OSHA rules.

17. Penalties in the OSHA act are inadequate. Serious violations carries a max penalty of $7,000.

18. “Reduce man hours per ton” is posted in big orange letters on bulletin boards

19. Tyler Pipe hired ex-convicts in East Texas because no one wanted to work there. 20. Worker’s compensation provides immunity for the company. Employees loose the right to sue.

21. Worker’s compensation costs tripled in one year.

Chapter 4 22. Mr. Lopez will be partially disabled for life. 23. McWane Corp headquarters is in Burmingham Alabama.

24. There was an abusive management culture that put producing pipe ahead of everything.

25. Reginal Ellison was found dead just inches from a safety switch.

26. The safety inspector had 0 years of experience.

27. The safety director paid only $4,500 for excessive safety fines.

Chapter 5 Come up with your own questions to 30. 28.