Ow!
Was it supposed to take longer?
Rookie mistake.
If my math is correct, I’m sure that .0003% of their annual revenue fine will reallly teach ‘am a lesson.
Poor man. RIP
Its difficult to believe the explanation is this simple. I certainly don't trust any media, particularly the low IQ clowns who work in local TV news, to give an accurate reporting of events. I wonder what facts they are not reporting?
too little and too late......
so no open casket ?
Caterpillar fined $146,000. Net assets in 2021 $83 Billion. You do the math.
That’s no way to die. I want to get caught in the gears of a combine or get my nuts cutoff by a laplander.....
Immediately incinerated? As in “no time to feel pain?”. I’m calling BS on that.
Poor guy. I hope his family gets millions.
True story. I worked at a factory when I was in college. They made veneer for furniture. The first step is to boil the logs. One summer there was a guy boiling the logs and somehow he fell into the vat. Not a pretty sight. Not a way to go.
I’ve been around those smelters. The heat is unbearable even from from a good distance away. I hope his demise was indeed at least mercifully quick. May he rest in peace.
They better keep their checkbook handy. The lawyers are coming.
Wait until the civil lawsuit though.
Sounds to me that OSHA wasn't doing their job either.
Our manufacturing plant in Detroit was routinely inspected by both OSHA and MIOSHA and coordinated with our plant safety manager to insure safety protocols were put in place for every aspect of the jobs out in the plant.
I’m not rushing to any conclusions. Let’s wait until the autopsy.
Serious question - would they still use the molten iron that he fell into?
During college I had a summer job working the night shift in a factory. I was the only one in my department working that shift in a huge factory. When I had no more work left on the line, I was told to smelt the scrap aluminum parts in a vat that was about 900 degrees (scooped out the melted aluminum for ingots). Had a face mask and apron to protect from possible splatter which was not always effective (holes in my jeans). One night I put a load in that would take a while to melt and went on break. Came back later to find the whole area full of smoke. “Damn I’ve set the plant on fire!”
Nope, it was some of the splatter landed in a container of oily rags, smoldering and smoking. Put a top on the container, which fixed it. Close call.
Awhile later, a security guard on the catwalk haled me—”Just wanted to see if you are still alive...” Maybe he saw the smoke....
Anyway, I survived the summer with only minor burns ;o)