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In reply to the discussion: OSHA fines Halliburton $7K in fracking site blast that killed 1 worker, injured 2 in Weld County [View all]Omaha Steve
(99,622 posts)55. Fines don't equal the value of the worker to the family left behind
Never has.
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OSHA fines Halliburton $7K in fracking site blast that killed 1 worker, injured 2 in Weld County [View all]
madamesilverspurs
May 2015
OP
Thats even less than the $25,000 per death for the 4 killed at Dupont outside of Houston!
Dustlawyer
May 2015
#21
This seems worse than no fine at all, a deliberately cruel message to workers and their families.
enough
May 2015
#4
Cheney probably paid that fine personally from the roll of $100's he keeps next to the toilet.
bluesbassman
May 2015
#5
There's more cash than that in change rolling around on the floor of one of their
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2015
#8
I hope they didn't have to dig in their couches too long to scrape that up.
peecoolyour
May 2015
#11
There goes their budget for the toothpicks they use to pick their teeth.
Baitball Blogger
May 2015
#14
Wow! That's really going to cut deep. That might be an entire second's worth of profits. n/t
Bossy Monkey
May 2015
#19
2014 profit according to the BBC - only $622m, poor things. I am not good at math right now or would
Mnemosyne
May 2015
#32
Forget about the money. Shooting Dick Cheney out of a cannon seems like a more
Guy Whitey Corngood
May 2015
#23
I rarely recall ever seeing a fine that was of any real consequence to these sociopaths. nt
Mnemosyne
May 2015
#35
their CEO was selling papers at my last intersection before getting to work today
spanone
May 2015
#28