Michelle Highsmith

Jennifer Atkins-Gordeeva

English Comp II-66W

8 November 2021 Intro and Conclusion for the Argumentative Research Essay

Injuries in Manufacturing Industry and Companies should be held Responsible

         Manufacturing Companies should be held responsible for accidents, injuries, and illness that occur in their plants. Due to lack of safety equipment, not having the correct PPE, nor giving employees proper training and other safety violations including not having proper guarding on their machines. Which in some cases  may cause amputation, illness, and other extreme accidents.  Due to lack of Safety Issues and violation in the manufacturing industries employees have been severely hurt or became ill. For some instances employees did not get adequate training, because their trainer was not properly trained, or just didn’t have the basic skills and knowledge on the equipment. Before they were asked to train another employee on the machine. In some cases, machines do not have proper guarding or none. Lockout/tagout are important safety issues that some companies just seem to enforce enough. All operators should be trained on lockout/tagout. No employees should be running a machine without this basic knowledge. Chemical and electric training should always be given to all operators within the industry. Operators should be aware of the SOP and all PPE standards and where it is located. There should be a safety committee on each shift who are trained and knowledgeable of Safety protocols. If an employee feels that their safety is in jeopardy. The employee should refuse to operate the machine. If any Safety violation has been committed OSHA needs to be contacted.

        Conclusion:  Manufacturing Companies should be held responsible for injuries due to safety violations in their plants. This would make companies think first about their employees' safety. Instead of getting just a slap on the hand. Not just a simple fine by OSHA, but if they got fined and had to take sole responsibility for their actions. Manufacturing companies would think twice before they allowed employees to operate  faulty machines without proper training and correct PPE.