drding 5 hours ago

The cost is tooo low to prevent the company from protecting employees.

  • CrossVR 5 hours ago

    Yeah, the $1,800 fine for not filing a worker's injury with OSHA is also strange, because I don't see how it would cost a company less than $1,800 to pay a lawyer to complete and file that form.

    • jhart99 an hour ago

      I think this is likely a process problem. Having been a safety officer for a lab in the past, there are two types of injury reports. One for regular injuries, you have a week to report. Serious injuries need to be reported within 24 hours. These are death and amputation injuries (there might be more, it's been a few years).

      Anyway I suspect they missed the deadline because it slipped through the cracks.

  • odie5533 5 hours ago

    I would assume that OSHA fining the company does help out a subsequent wrongful death suit.

  • vasco 5 hours ago

    At least it's a rare case where leadership sees the consequences of their lackluster safety practices