Reply #14: The last place that I worked probably accounted for more than their share of those numbers.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

When I first started there, I thought that they were kidding when they said most people die before they retire from this place.

Toxic chemicals from plating metal parts, oil smoke from hundreds of machines, grinding dust from various materials, carbon monoxide and until a few years ago, second hand cigarette smoke were just some of the daily risks.

Picture the Pittsburgh skyline in the late 1800's and until fairly recently (although it's still ranked as some of the most polluted air in US). That's what the place where I worked looked like inside the plant.