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Mike Ivey: Work can be deadly, especially on the road

The most dangerous place on the job is no longer the factory floor. It’s the highway.

Great strides have been made in workplace safety over the past decades, thanks to modern equipment, protective gear and ongoing inspections by government regulators….

ELECTRIC SLED: As a cross country skier, I’ve never had a problem with snowmobiles. At least both require snow.
But here’s one answer to the noise, smoke and pollution problems: electric snowmobiles.

A team of UW-Madison mechanical engineers has now developed an earth-friendly snowmobile that could facilitate scientific research in Antarctica and Greenland.