How Manhole Covers for New York are Made

Barefoot, shirtless men work to make manhole covers for New York's Department of Environmental Protection and Con Edison. The only safety equipment, are a few eye goggles.Officials at Con Edison were very surprised by the photographs and said that he takes safety of worked very seriously. Now they are rewriting international contracts to include safety requirements.Inside the foundry, men wearing sandals carry iron ore in baskets on their heads and place in the smelter. On the ground floor, barefoot, shirtless men with big ladles and catch the molten metal. There are a few women working there,