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Low Fines In Worker Deaths Are Probably Just Fine With Employer
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We could draw the conclusion that if a serious safety breach caused the death of 30 workers, the Iowa employer's fine would have been $30,000. Confined Space explains why Iowa workers may be falling 1,200 feet to their deaths from television towers.
In Iowa, Lives Are Only Worth $1,000 Each
This is what gives OSHA a bad name. State safety officials have fined a central Iowa company $3,000 after three of its workers fell to their deaths from a television tower in May.Deters Tower Service of Grimes was cited after an investigation showed the workers fell after a rope broke. The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Agency also said there was no system in place to protect them from such a failure.
The workers were replacing strobe lights on the tower near Oakland in Pottawattamie County when the accident happened.
The owner of the company, Leo Deters of Norwalk, Jason Galles of Des Moines and Jon McWilliams of Cumming fell about 1,200 feet.
I propose an escalating system of fines when multiple deaths occur. A single death would warrant a $10,000 fine. A second death would require a $25,000 fine per death. A third would cost the employer $100,000 per death. I believe someone would have better protected the three television tower workers if my proposal had been in place. It would have been impossible for them to have fallen even 10 feet.
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