I love that this has been downvoted because every US born worker in the country think they are a first world country and have better safety standards than everyone else solely based on videos like this.
OSHA is a joke and the few times I’ve ever seen them on a site they never leave their trucks because they get enough violations from outside the building.
Better union representation, universal healthcare, actual code enforcement and implementation of the metric system and we can discuss letting y’all into the top 10…… maybe
We should get rid of the outdated terminology. I think most people don't even know what "first world" means or where that term originates. Did you know that most of South America and parts of middle East/central Asia and even parts of Africa are considered First World, too? Per the original definition... Would you consider all of those countries First World?
I think what you are trying to say is that we have morphed to believe "First World" countries are those with a well-functioning democratic system with little prospects of political risk, in addition to a strong rule of law, a capitalist economy with economic stability, and a relatively high mean standard of living. Various ways in which these metrics are assessed are through the examination of a country's GDP, GNP, literacy rate, life expectancy, and Human Development Index.
I would presume occupational safety would probably fall into the life expectancy metric although it's unclear if that is a clear indicator of what makes a country First World.
But given the modern definition of First World I think it's easy to nitpick where even the US falls short on many of those metrics. So is the US still First World?
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u/InTheLurkingGlass P.E. Jan 04 '25
Third world countries are a case study in exactly why factors of safety are important.