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:: Friday, May 07, 2004 ::
$100,000 fine 'just a joke' Gordon Kent, The Washington Post
Penalty for fatal accident angers paralysed worker
EDMONTON - An ironworker paralysed in a construction accident that killed one co-worker and injured another angrily described a $100,000 penalty imposed on his employer Wednesday as 'just a joke.'
'For a company, a $100,000 fine is not even a slap on the wrist,' Travis Houston told provincial court Judge Dave Tilley after Rampart Steel Ltd. admitted breaking the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
'One hundred thousand dollars for a man's life, and two other men's livelihoods taken away ... is a joke, it's just a joke.'------------------------------------------- posted 6:57 AM :: reference link ::
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