How many of you have continued to work even though you knew it was bad for your health for any reason?
i have tried to take care of myself but i can remember one day when i didn't. i was one of two secretaries in a four-man (yes, all men) advertising sales office, and it was the practice of that office to give each of us her birthday off as a paid holiday. the weekend before the other secretary's birthday, i went out with friends to an iffy eatery, and one of them, and i, got food poisoning. i awoke pretty damned sick on my coworker's birthday but knew the office would be empty and the men helpless when they wandered in (and i couldn't call her because i knew she was spending her birthday with her boyfriend, whose number i didn't have), so i got myself across the street into a bus that took me to a different bus i was too sick to get on. instead i climbed into a waiting cab and lay down in the back seat. the driver was dubious. "are you sure?" i insisted, so he took me to work. i stumbled in and waited for the men to arrive. one did, took one glance at me and said, "oh my," and promised as soon as a second guy came in, he'd drive me right back home. while we waited for that gentleman to arrive, the phone rang. i did my job, and answered it. it was an obscene phone call. i ran down the hall to the ladies' room and puked up my guts. i eventually got driven home and the next couple days are a blur, but that was an unusual occurrence. when i am sick, i stay home!
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Mine isn't as bad as others but back before I got into my career field I was making minimum wage operating a machine at a local business. I didn't have control of the start/stop function and was clearing a jam when the person that did fired the machine back up without warning. My wrist turned green and I'm fairly certain it was broken, but I was young and full of false bravado. Took 5 minutes off so I wouldn't cry in front of anyone, waited to see if my wrist would return to its normal color and got back to work.
It hurt constantly for about six weeks, I tried not to use it but didn't have a ton of choice. Looking back, I'm fortunate it healed with no drama. There was always this nagging thought that I was constantly making it worse though.
But as soon as I realised what was happening I was proactive and applied for jobs and got out... best move I have made
I was amazed the first time I heard people say carpentry is dangerous. Now I get it.
Where to start..I’ve been exposed to TB, HIV, multiple resistant pathogens, kicked, hit, punched, needle stuck, in the ER where there was gun shots, swore at more times than I can count, lifted 600 pound people with only four other nurses...wouldn’t change a thing. I love what I do.
Have tinnitus , due to my work environment . I think in one way or another , many jobs have some form of problems to health due to our jobs . Farmers deal with a lot of chemicals and a lot of exposure to the sun - cancer . The military , police officers , and firemen deal with a lot of exposure to violence . Doctors and nurses , janitors , and trash collectors , are exposed to all kinds of viruses and bacteria . Chemists are also exposed to all kinds of concentrated chemicals .