In the early 1990s, Troy Bridgeman worked for Hammond Power Solutions on Southgate Drive. He was a shop steward and a member of the health and safety committee. The company had recently introduced a rule requiring everyone on the shop floor to wear safety glasses. It is a standard policy in most manufacturing facilities today, but back then it was met with some resistance. People argued the glasses were uncomfortable and unflattering and that wearing them all the time, even when they weren’t brazing or doing some other potentially eye-threatening activity, was unnecessary. As a committee member, he was obligated to help implement […]