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You are correct. However, the fine seems insufficient to dissuade others from such practice in the future.

OK, jealous! All I got planted tomatoes-wise was some Spoon Tomatoes. No where near as good for a sandwich!

Well, I went to the garden tonight and lo and behold hidden inside of a 4' plant, I found the first ripe tomato, hubby and I split it, delicious! We also have maybe 10-12 that are starting to ripen, yeah!!!!!

Heavy on the DooB ....

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We pay for OSHA, but I don't expect them or any other agency to prevent all deaths no more than an alarm on a resident will keep them from falling or being strangled in a bedrail. I hope their is a monetary judgement. I hope that the people who were negligent are fired and face criminal charges. Nevertheless, garbage will continue to be collected and disposed of, and accidents like this will continue to happen as long as the financial punishments are so embarrassingly small.

I know some are upset by it only being a $12k fine, but please remember that fine is only what is being paid to a government agency. That is not intended to place a dollar value on the life lost. Hopefully this will set a precedent so that it doesn't happen again and that Mr. Pierce's family is able to pursue a settlement that will allow them to at least be a little more comfortable while they attempt to heal their hearts from their tragic loss.

Here is the GAME people. Your taxes are paying for OSHA. They are supposed to keep this from happening. It happened under their watch. At your expense. If your government agency would have come down hard, they would set a precedent that they would have to follow from now on. Pay attention Steel to my next words. The R side of the TPD controls big business. They will protect their voting base. They know who pays for their side of the joke that runs this country. Fact coming up----- hang on--- This deal has been turned over to the lawers (sorry legal), there will be a monetary judgement handed out in silence. No precedent to be seen by the public. No rules to be followed in the future. Bunches of money will be made before to next death. The voting public has no idea about these games. They vote for more government rules thinking they are solving possible problems

I think Fed's point is that there will be a large financial consequence that no one will ever hear about, and sadly he is probably right. It will be settled for millions of dollars quietly, and nothing will change for our industry...