new worker
No orientation means sweating our way through those first shifts
Submitted by Rob on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 10:22. My first real job, at 16, was working as a sandblaster of large tanks in an oil refinery. The contractor that hired me gave me an orientation period of 10 minutes. The swing bridge that held me up 60 feet in the air was held in place by nylon rope. My work entailed holding onto a pressure hose of 200 lbs. psi - with only a pair of gloves and a wire mask! I quit on the second day.
The next day, the worker who replaced me cut off a part of his right hand.
