<p>The website of a cement company I was checking out listed “Life and Injury Insurance” as a benefit…kinda unsettling…</p>
<p>There’s always the chance that a tub of toxic waste could spill and turn you into a mutant.</p>
<p>But I’d say in general you’re probably okay.</p>
<p>I work at Wal-Mart and one of the listed benefits is “life and injury insurance”. Not really a legitimate reason to worry.</p>
<p>Yeah, pretty much any job at a large company will give you insurance.</p>
<p>Not unsettling at all. If you slip and fall at work and that isn’t there you’re kind of screwed. And what with working with all those slippery bases you’re at a higher risk of slipping! (That last statement was spoken with a hint of irony.)</p>
<p>It’s only unsafe if you act like an idiot and walk around the plant without any personal protective equipment. Or if the other guy acts like an idiot and does something stupid to blow up the hydrogen-generating tower.</p>
<p>spookyjeff, what you said reminded me of how some interesting stats at a company which I interned at. More people slipped on ice patches (created by unfilled holes in the parking lot) than in the lubricants production area.</p>
<p>My dad has been working as a ChemE at a plant facility for a while, and he’s still kicking. He’ll talk about accidents, and he’s even come home with a few chemical burns every now and again, but even he admits it was because he was being stupid at the time.</p>
<p>They probably insure you pretty well, too. I imagine a lot of places have a group that works to improve workplace safety, too. Maybe that’s wrong…</p>
<p>It’s more dangerous than an office job but if you’re smart and keep alert you ought to be fine. Working for a cement company sounds relatively safe compared to the steel mills I’ve been working in and I’ve never felt like I was going to eventually get injured.</p>
<p>Pant-type jobs should be very safe since they will/should have EH&S departments who focus souly on the safety of their employees, how many other places have this? If you go for a plant type job and they don’t have a safety department I wouldn’t work there.</p>
<p>Your education and training should make you safe. The insurance isn’t an “in case we F’up” it’s a perk, treat it as such.</p>