Question about bringing your cousin onto the dredge team

My uncle keeps pushing me to hire his son, but the kid has zero respect for safety protocols. I think family on the job is a huge risk if they won't listen... it just creates more problems than it solves. Do you ever say no to relatives wanting a spot on your crew?

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the_jessica1d ago

Watched my cousin once try to fix a conveyor belt without locking it out first. He nearly lost a finger when it suddenly kicked back on. My aunt still brings it up at holidays, how we almost had a trip to the emergency room over sheer laziness. Stuff like that makes you real careful about who you let on the team, family or not.

sean7821d ago

Man, that whole safety thing hits close to home. My brother-in-law used to help out sometimes and would never wear his hard hat, thought it was a joke. One day a small tool fell from the rack above and bounced right off his head, gave him a nasty cut and a concussion. The mood around the shop got real tense after that, lots of quiet blame. It really strained things at family dinners for a long time, all over something so stupid and easy to prevent.