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Originally Posted by Locke
I dont anything about the Westray law and I'm far too lazy to look it up, but I presume its designed to hold people accountable for gross negligence resulting in workplace deaths?
IS throwing people in jail really going to solve the problem? It isnt inconceivable that most workplace accidents are just that. Accidents that didnt necessarily stem from someone's gross negligence.
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I don't know what the statistics are on accidents vs. gross negligence. What they're saying though is that not one single death has resulted in anyone paying the price. I'm sure that at least some of the deaths are the result of gross negligence.
Part of it is probably a lack of workers informing an authority of gross negligence for fear of losing their job. In the Westray disaster, there was no where else for those people to be employed in town so they just dealt with things as best they could. That should never be a reason for keeping quiet.