Evening Imaginative and prescient Repair for $0.04; Worm-Crammed Corvette Mirrors; Employees Might Win a Home | Immediately in Manufacturing, Ep. 46

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In every episode, we focus on the 5 greatest tales in manufacturing, and the implications they’ve on the trade transferring ahead. This week:

Firm Provides 2 Free Properties as Employee Incentive

An HVAC and plumbing firm plans to raffle off two new properties, at a price of about $500,000, in an effort to “reinvent worker appreciation.” 

House Employee’s Fall Dominated ‘Office Accident’

A courtroom dominated {that a} gross sales supervisor who slipped and fell whereas working from residence could possibly be coated underneath his employer’s office accident insurance coverage coverage.

GM Warns Frequent Aftermarket Accent Can Damage Corvette’s Mirrors

An aftermarket hard-wired radar detector may ship an excessive amount of voltage to the motive force’s outdoors mirror and successfully “fry” its defrosting system, leading to a sample that resembles “digital worms.”

Workers Confronted Termination Threats as Lethal Twister Approached

As extreme climate bore down on a Kentucky candle manufacturing facility, employees requested managers to go away and search shelter at their properties. Not solely had been their requests denied, however they had been advised that the could be fired in the event that they left. Eight individuals had been killed when a twister demolished the ability.

How the Air Power’s $19,000 Downside Acquired a 4-Cent Repair

When Air Power safety personnel could not use new $19,000 evening imaginative and prescient goggles as a result of they couldn’t be correctly fitted to their helmets, a grasp sergeant mounted the issue with a 3D-printable half that value pennies to supply.

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