[beelzepug]

Failure to do that, or remove a tag that wasn’t yours, was a firing offense where I used to work. I wonder if their insurance covers stupidity?

[beelzepug]

I guess it will. I should have read the whole thing.

[Mark17]

Failure to do that, or remove a tag that wasn’t yours, was a firing offense where I used to work.

My first question was, did they fire the dip stick who turned it back on without checking it first? Do they know for sure that the chump didn't turn it on intentionally?

[jttpwalsh]

About a decade ago, at The Anaheim Theme Park, at an overworked and understaffed attraction, The Columbia Sailing ship, had a red tag removed from a cleat that was loose, on the dock, due to rotted wood. A few hours later, in conjunction with a procedural error, in docking, the cleat (similar to an anvil) sprung loose, and fatally split a guest’s head open, in front of his family, and numerous other people. It only cost them about $25M to settle :(

[LaMudBug]

Failure to do that, or remove a tag that wasn’t yours, was a firing offense where I used to work. I wonder if their insurance covers stupidity?

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This is a workers compensation claim which provides absolute liability coverage to the employer for work incurred injury even when caused by a fellow employee. The act of stupidity was not having someone posted at the switch to prevent this from happening while the machine maintence was being done. The foreman/supervisor on the job is who bears primary responsibility for this dumb ass action to occur, IMHO.

The employer is stuck with the financial cost (medical, loss of income) of the injury which will be paid by the workers compensation insurance company and in the following three years will pay an experience modification increase in wc premium for the cost of loss > medical, loss of income > probably about $300k or more.