100k fine will definitely prevent this from happening again
and now we know what a human life is worth in Alabama
I think what pisses me off the most about stuff like this is that they want to charge the mom for murder if she got an abortion but when her kid dies 15 years later he’s only worth a 100k fine.
That makes perfect sense actually. The whole point of anti abortion laws is to create cheap labor that can be brutally exploited. If your business relies on destitute kids to be exploited, then you want to force mothers to carry their pregnancies to term.
WTF? Why the hell was a 15 year old working on a roof like that in the first place?
Because child labor is cheap and legal, welcome back to the Dickensian times.
“We at Apex Roofing & Restoration are truly heartbroken by the senseless death of a minor at a job site in 2019,” a spokesperson for the company said. “The tragic incident occurred when a subcontractor’s worker brought his sibling to a worksite without Apex’s knowledge or permission.”
That’s why they do this subcontractor shit, not just as an excuse to deny the people who do their work benefits but to deflect blame whenever someone is injured/dies.
The latest penalty of $117,175 comes from the Wage and Hour Division, but in December 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration also cited Apex Roofing $159,118 after it said the company exposed employees to fall hazards.
In a citation, OSHA officials said employees working nearly 50 feet above the ground didn’t have safety ropes and weren’t properly trained.
Turns out they have a whole history of safety violations
It’s like the fines are so small that the company doesn’t really care if they get fined.
