SeaWorld fined $75,000 for whale trainer's death

ap ^ | Aug 23

[JoeProBono]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Sea World Orlando has been fined $75,000 for three safety violations that led to the death of a trainer by a killer whale.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the citation on Monday.

One of the three violations is considered "willful," or shows indifference or intentional disregard for employee safety....

[JoeProBono]

[OldDeckHand]

Government stupidity, in the extreme. People can have reasoned debate about whether or not multi-ton, sea creatures should be placed in captivity purely for entertainment purposes, but it's clear to anyone with even a passing knowledge of these animals that they can, and often-times will, be incredibly violent.

This trainer knew full-well what she was getting herself into, and to assert her death is even remotely attributable to a "lack of railing", is facially absurd.

I sure am glad that there's barely any employment no threat from enemies so that our imperial federal government has the time, resources and money to worry about crap like this.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Hmmm. This was a sad event, but really, this is the ‘willful citation’?

>>> The willful citation was given for exposing workers to drowning hazards when interacting with killer whales. <<<

[TexasCajun]

Free Willy!!

[The Comedian]

Shouldn't her hair dresser have been fined for leaving her hair at a killer-whale-trainer-unsafe length?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[b4its2late]

So OSHA profits from the trainers death. Go figure.

[Wurlitzer]

If it was not just about the money, government would start putting the CEOs or other high level execs in jail or fining them directly rather than the business.

If the crime/accident was so bad then people need to be held accountable not businesses. WHY read on.

As most of us conservatives know, businesses do not pay taxes or fines. Those costs are passed along to the customers. Even if a business “absorbs” the fine then the stockholders are penalized for something they did not do.

Make the people in charge accountable as they are the ones getting the big bucks so they should be responsible for the people in their organization.

[Pecos]

Bureaucracies always benefit from death - they get to implement another prohibition or invent a new requirement.