Try to remember what you were like when you were 16

[SalamanderSleeps]

16-year-old dies in accident at Mississippi poultry plant

"Complex manager Joe Colee spoke for the entire organization. “Our employees are our most valuable asset and safety is our number one priority,” Colee said in a statement. “We strive daily to work as safely as possible and are truly devastated whenever an employee is injured."

https://www.whio.com/news/trending/16-year-old-dies-accident-mississippi-poultry-plant/ZIAM6WKTTBB75MLN3TVCUICZ54/

When I was 16 I could barely dress myself much less operate a piece of machinery that could kill people.

[MiHale]

1. 2 jobs...

Before school then after. The after school job was baking bagels in a huge rotating oven. Before was just some farm chores.

[Effete Snob]

2. When did you start driving?

At 16, I had janitorial job at a private school involving a lot of cleaning chemicals and another job at a drugstore.

It’s probably safe to say that a lot of people were driving at age 16, and so were most definitely operating a machine that could kill people.

[marble falls]

3. Two jobs, stoop labor (dangerous enough because of machinery and chemicals), flipping burgers.

[Ponietz]

4. At 16 I was a roofer

Had to make my $72 a month car payment.

[Shrek]

5. I worked in a parking garage

Every Saturday I had to sweep 7 floors with a machine like this one:

[UpInArms]

6. I had a friend

Who was working for a garbage pickup company, killed when a dumpster crushed him … he was 16 or 17 at the time. I still miss him.

[czarjak]

7. Stockroom at T.G.&Y. Never once feared for my life.

Busted bags of candy were great though.

[ecstatic]

8. I worked at the Olympics in 1996

My first paid job. That was a lot of pressure, the lines were never ending but I enjoyed it.

I think young women might be able to handle more serious machinery but I don't think it's a good idea. In fact, it's a horrible idea. While anyone can make a mistake at any age, the judgment and maturity are not there for young teens, especially not for boys. At least with an adult, you might have a better chance of correcting or minimizing a mistake before tragedy ensues.

Refugs are really sinking to the lowest of lows. This is their vision for America. A fully fenced up border. Child workers. Women relegated back to their kitchens, without the ability to control their own bodies, choice of residence, marriages, education, or income.

[3Hotdogs]

9. 13 --- I was a trap boy at the Union County (N.J.) trap and skeet range.

The trap machine had a spring loaded "arm" that ejected clay pigeons about 100 ft from the hole. Kids pulled the arm back to lock it. Then put a pigeon onto the arm, QUICKLY, before it was released again. A damaged pigeon would shatter against the wall and hit me in the face.

Eye protection? Wasn't none.

And I loved the job. 1954. Paid $.75 per hour, plus tips from the shooters.


Years later, I became the manager of the range. It helped pay for college expenses.

It is now a county park, under D.E.P. remediation for ground pollution.

No. this post is not about unsafe working conditions or child labor is ok.

[Wicked Blue]

10. sales clerk at a stationery store

and babysitting since age 12

[lark]

11. I didn't work at a business, I did house and yard and garden work.

I tried working a telemarketing job and was so awful, I quit after 5 days just ahead of being fired for not meeting quotas. I have a bad leg/back so couldn't work standing up for hours, so no waitress or line jobs for me. My sister and I were straight A students, so folks were ok with us helping them out and maintaining our grades - which we always did.

[Ptah]

12. At sixteen, I was operating farm machinery on my parents' farm.

[intheflow]

13. While there are plenty of 16 year olds capable of

doing all kinds of work, there are many, many more who absolutely should not be operating heavy machinery. The people replying in this thread saying how they babysat or flipped burgers are comparing apples to oranges. I was a hot mess at 16, and I work with teens at my job now. I’d estimate less than a third of them would have the focus and maturity to work in a hazardous job.

[SalamanderSleeps]

15. Thanks.

When I saw his photo my heart just sank.

My youngest is now 15 if she were to suffer the same end as this boy Duvan did I don't think I'd be able to keep my shit together.

His family must be devastated.

[Silent Type]

14. Worked long before 16, so that age is not really an issue to me. BUT, unsafe working conditions is

another matter. And, no, I'm not for young children working, or working full-time rather than going to school.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. Late 80's

Part Time Job was a winning asset on College Applications. I worked in a bedding store 12 hours a week. It was a PART TIME job. NY State managed its under 18 workers very well. I was also at the Pittsburgh ballet that summer by invite and living with an Aunt and Uncle. My PSATs were another job my parents had me focused on.

Regardless of the family background - the State would have stepped in.

This is a failure of the State Government. Since they are epic failures- its mission critical we send Biden Harris back to the WH in 2024, keep the Senate, and regain the House.

The states that this egregious behavior by adults and authorities is occurring in need to be going through some things.

They do not have Home Financial Rule - and the Fed can punish them.

[Chakaconcarne]

17. 16 year olds are perfectly capable...

With the right training...

We don't know the circumstances of this.

Abusive working conditions are a different matter.

[sarisataka]

18. At 16 I had already been working

For five years. Most of the jobs were cleaning but I also worked an industrial kitchen that had many potential risks of injury.

[Initech]

19. "Our employees are our most valuable asset"

Bull fucking shit!!! Your profits are your most valuable asset. Your employees are expendable. A death or two means nothing to your fucking bottoms lines. You'll keep voting for, and monetarily supporting the same assholes who make these atrocious laws happen over and over again, because they keep your precious profits in the billions and higher. Go shove them up your ass, assholes.

[SalamanderSleeps]

20. I think I've found my new role model. :)