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Posted At : December 30, 2008 12:14 PM | Posted By : D McKee
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That's the determination of the state's testicularly challenged OSHA Review Board. It chose to discredit testimony by the Clark County Fire Department and state OSHA, siding virtually without exception with the guilty party, United Erectors. The latter's 'erectile dysfunction' set the Monte Carlo ablaze in dramatic and unforgettable fashion last Jan. 26. The fire wasn't as bad as it looked -- but it looked very bad indeed.
Never mind that United Erectors was working -- as ace reporter Tony Illia uncovered -- under a window-washing permit. Nor that two review bodies found the company's safety methods rather cavalier. The review board essentially decided that, if United Erectors says so, that's good enough for them.
So the company the inflicted roughly $100 million of damage on the Monte Carlo and paralyzed a major MGM Mirage property for weeks on end gets away with a $3,500 slap on the wrist. Heck, even I could afford that. I dunno if United Erectors has any juice with the review board but they sure could get it up this time.
As for Nevada OSHA, it's going to have get its act together and present stronger cases to the review board, given the latter's 'the defendant is (almost) always right' track record. But with Gov. Jim Gibbons seeking to drown Nevada state guvmint in a bathtub, via a 34% budget reduction, that's not a likely prospect. Welcome to Nevada, where it's every man for himself and devil take the hindmost.
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