Posted on 04/02/2014 4:07:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Pacific Gas and Electric was charged on Tuesday with federal felony counts involving safety violations linked to a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The indictment charges the utility with 12 felonies and accuses it of violating numerous federal pipeline safety laws.
Federal prosecutors allege that PG&E knowingly relied on erroneous and incomplete information when assessing the safety of the pipeline that eventually ruptured, sparked a fireball and leveled 38 homes in San Bruno.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...
“He had a choice and made the wrong one.”
Yes, he did. But that story in relation to the one I commented on was the wrong guy would get punished. An employer has a lot of power over people’s lives. Most people can’t afford to be without a paycheck even for a little while. (Which is another issue altogether.)
I agree. But sometimes you have to quit your job even if you can’t afford to. Or you have to be willing to accept the consequences. A personal financial situation should not be and is not a legitimate excuse.
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