Will this never end????
Sounds to me like a case of the company needing to train their supervisors.
Or rather they probably have already trained their supervisors to avoid any liability in the inevitable case that the employees get involved in stupid accidents like the one here. Many utilities call their supervisors “managers” or some other name implying that they are not responsible for employees actions, then these “managers” load up the minds of the linemen with “self importance” and “bravado” and that leads to stupid accidents that are called “lineman’s fault”.
That’s one hell of a lot cheaper than training the employee about the rules and to follow them. Then have the supervisor ensuring the rules are followed.
Mind you, if a lot of the rules were followed the job would take a lot longer and would involve using a lot more people. It’s much cheaper to get an under trained lineman to cut corners severely after you played with his head. Besides, the way that Workers Compensation works is it limits the payout to a ridiculously low figure and eliminates the possibility of the employer being sued even if grossly negligent.
I guess I’m just getting old and cynical.
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