Ferris wheel death blamed on negligence
The CBC says that a CNESST report on the death of a worker at the Grande Roue was released Thursday, but it blames the same failings mentioned in other reports released last month: negligent practices around a dangerous piece of machinery.
qatzelok 19:51 on 2022-06-09 Permalink
Some perspective about dangerous machines:
Cars kill far more people than ferris wheels do in virtually every country on earth.
Kate 22:00 on 2022-06-09 Permalink
qatzelok, that’s a silly comparison. This is a story about a negligent employer, there’s no basis of comparison with traffic fatalities.
qatzelok 16:12 on 2022-06-10 Permalink
When employers tell their drivers to “hurry up,” they kill people indirectly.
And there are other comparisons: both cars and ferris wheels are potentially dangerous thrill-seeking machines.
People often give cars “a pass” because we’re all so brainwashed by car-sponsored media memes.
dhomas 17:29 on 2022-06-10 Permalink
I think the comparison is a bit of a stretch, @qatzelok.
That said, I was pretty happy to see this:
https://cape.ca/letter-to-stop-fossil-fuel-ads/
These folks are definitely not giving (gas) cars a pass!
Kate 21:08 on 2022-06-10 Permalink
Whenever I cue up video reports on local media, or even try to use the CBC live radio page on my desktop, commercials play. I realize media need the revenue, but at least half of the commercials are for cars, and most of them are for SUVs or pickups.
I especially dislike the one that goes something like “Get back to nature!” then shows a tight edit of an F‑150 being driven at breakneck speed through a forest. You couldn’t even satirize that, it’s self‑satirizing.
Chris 01:12 on 2022-06-11 Permalink
>This is a story about a negligent employer, there’s no basis of comparison with traffic fatalities.
We are a negligent society. We don’t even bother to charge a little extra for the heaviest most deadly vehicles. We know SUVs have more blind spots and more mass, but we not only let them exist, we buy them up, they are the top sellers!
A much bigger problem than covid, but with nowhere near the effort to combat it.