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Hot take: hitting my 500th lift without a single close call made me realize safety stats are lying to us
I reached that 500-lift milestone last month on a job site in Portland, but instead of celebrating I got suspicious because nobody talks about the near misses that didn't get logged, so has anyone else noticed their accident-free numbers feeling more like luck than skill?
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wendy3915d ago
Take a step back before assuming the worst, @chen.adam. A 500-lift milestone with no close calls could just mean the crew is running solid safety protocols, not hiding anything. Maybe the lucky feeling is just good training paying off without all the drama.
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chen.adam5d ago
Honestly, this kind of reminds me of how my phone always claims my battery health is perfect right before it dies at 15%. We all kind of accept these clean metrics because they sound good, but nobody logs the random close calls or little glitches that actually tell the real story. It's like how every restaurant I go to says "all fresh ingredients" but I know they're just reheating frozen stuff half the time. Tbh, the numbers are always polished up to make us feel safer than we actually are.
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