What is the potential cost and impacts of a worker fatality for the company involved?
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If someone dies on the job due to work related factors, OSHA immediately
inspects the facility and investigate the death to figure out why it happened and
prevent anyone else from being hurt or killed. This alone could cost the company
thousands of dollars in fines not to mention any lost production time if OSHA
shuts the plant down until corrective actions are complete. Then there is the
possibility of a wrongful death lawsuit by the family, which is another big
expense. Insurance rates for the company are likely to increase, which is more
money out of the company’s pocket. Moreover, we cannot forget the impact it
would have on the moral of the workers at the facility and all the costs that could
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