Tuesday, May 25, 2010

In non-BP related douchebag news

Who could have anticipated?

Massey used codes to warn workers when regulators showed up, said Gary Quarles, whose son Gary Wayne Quarles died in the explosion.

"When an MSHA inspector comes onto a Massey mine property, the code words go out, 'we've got a man on the property,"' Quarles testified. "Those words are radioed from the guard gates and relayed to all working operations in the mine."

After that, workers are expected to do everything possible to quickly correct problems or divert the inspectors' attention from any issues, Quarles said.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who needs a union, enywayz?

StonyPillow said...

This looks like a job for Libertarian Man!

pansypoo said...

all you need to know is non-union.

guessed said...

i think it was pbs who did a expose on the high rate of injury at texas job sites. they pointed out osha would schedule an appointment with management before coming in for an inspection. and if osha tried to pull a surprise visit, they wouldn't be allowed inside the premises.