Accidents like this happen regardless—but I think there’s something to be said for the culture of cheap labor in this country and things like: training, safety/precaution, craftsmanship, and the avoidance of shoddy building practices taking a backseat.
If we become socialist, we may be facing Soviet quality building practices.
“Accidents like this happen regardless—but I think there’s something to be said for the culture of cheap labor in this country and things like: training, safety/precaution, craftsmanship, and the avoidance of shoddy building practices taking a backseat.”
Having been. on the site of several crane accidents, most were due to sheer negligence by experienced union dudes.
One of our countries (2010) crane erection experts was an obnoxious drunken wife-beater.
Reading the article, it stated the contractor was a member of the “Hispanic Contractor’s Assn.”. Further, three patients were listed as “no patients” and three refused treatment (which tells you the crew makeup). Sometimes diversity hires come back big time to bite you in the posterior. Karma!