Mental Macinations

"What Hazards do Sanitation Workers Face?

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that refuse and recyclable material (or trash and recycling pick-up) collectors are exposed to some of the highest job-related risks, sustaining nearly 10 times as many fatal injuries as workers in any other industry. Some of the hazards that recycling and refuse material collectors most frequently encounter on the job include:

Injuries from dangerous objects. Sanitation workers sustain cuts and other serious injuries when they pick up trash or recycling that contains items like metal blades, glass, light bulbs, and other sharp objects

Hazardous materials. Workers can sustain an array of injuries when they come into contact with hazardous materials like pesticides, bleach (and other industrial cleaning agents), and hypodermic needles. Even throwing away something as seemingly harmless as kitty litter can lead to toxoplasmosis (an infection that generally causes flu-like symptoms and sometimes lasts for more than one month). Exposure to hazardous materials can result in burns, poisoning, infection, and lung damage

Sanitation workers lift heavy loads repeatedly throughout their shifts and are prone to sustaining lifting injuries like hernias, muscular strains and sprains, overexertion injuries, and shoulder injuries

Crushing accidents from using trash and recycling compactors and front-end loader systems. Crushing accidents can lead to catastrophic injuries like the amputation of a limb

Trips and falls. Sanitation workers are constantly jumping in and out of their vehicles to collect material, which renders them vulnerable to fall injuries. Sanitation workers also slip and fall on slippery roads and sidewalks. These falls can cause various head injuries, such as concussions and other traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), contusions, bone fractures, and spinal injuries

Like Pride and Prejudice but instead of the love interest getting dissed for his toxicity and then reforming, it’s just two people bonding over dissing a dead toxic asshole.

If the above stretch ain’t compatible with you for reasons like having bitch ass knees, here are some alternative and amazing stretches for the muscle in order of easiest to hardest (but imo least to most helpful) to perform:

However, just keep in mind that none of these stretches will help you if you have a herniated disc, which compresses the nerve roots that protrude from the spine itself! For that you’ll for sure need some different medical intervention.