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How dumb can a person, or company be. Seriously. I expect this kind of behavior form Paris Hilton, but a construction company? According to this OSHA report Miranda Construction of Massachusetts, “ faces $40,000 in proposed fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) for allegedly exposing employees to serious fall
hazards at a Newport, R.I., residential construction site.”

Rack it up kids that’s another $40,000. In American dollars this time. And notice to that this fine was issued to a RESIDENTIAL construction site. It looks like big brother is starting to go after the little guys.

Unfortunately, the sad part about this story is that these numb nuts have already been fined for this exact violation. I imagine that there thought process went something like this.

“Well we just paid $10,000 dollars in fines, now we can’t afford fall protection.” “Yeah, you’re probably right Cletus, besides they’ll never check us again, eh, piss on ‘em.”

Nice move Cletus. Luckily, no one was injured.

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Well, According to an article by the Vancouver Sun, I have some fresh information for you about fall protection. I turns out that even in the age of the information super highway, companies are still piling up needless expenses on their yearly budgets.

It turns out that Jemico Enterprises was fined a modest $40,268 for a “lack of fall protection while working on equipment.”

I know what some of you are thinking… “Idiot that’s in Canadian money, not American dollars.” Well, the last time I checked the current exchange rate one American dollar did not equal $40,268 American dollars.

Nope it’s much higher than that. Which is stupid because you can outfit a guy in fall protection for about $100. Hmm…

$100 or $40,268? Small expense or pay out the ass? Let’s put it this way, sending your guys above six feet without fall protection is just plain dumb. You might as well be playing “Press Your Luck” (the unpopular game show from that lovely decade known as the 80’s). So if you want the whammies to stop, click here for some fall protection gear that will help win back thousands of dollars in OSHA fines.

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