There are millions of working people, including small children, who earn their livings doing this kind of hard, dangerous work with no protection & every possibility of death or permanent disability. There’s a long list of possible injuries these two laborers in Dhaka, Bangladesh could sustain–from back injuries to ruptures to being crushed to death. If society has the capability of splitting atoms & rocketing to the moon & if it is producing billionaires in every country from our labor, it sure as hell can provide appropriate equipment to get the work done without risking people’s lives.

(Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Zuma Press)