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Liquidated waste management company fined £1 after worker crushed by 15-tonne excavator (www.itv.com)

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That is the entire idea of the corporation, the people that own it are blameless, only the corporation is liable, and they can just dip out like this. They should have to put up a bond or something if we're going to keep it like this. But we are going to keep it like this and then make it worse so that's where we are.

[–] VAK@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thats on financial obligations, not criminal negligence of safety

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're very rarely charged corporations criminally anymore though, most all of them are allowed to come to a settlement without admitting fault, which was supposed to be meant for kids tonight get their lives ruined with the criminal record.

[–] VAK@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, American justice system is a joke of, by and for its people