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Originally Posted by JARblue
If someone works outside and doesn't check the weather before going to work and dies wearing shorts in extreme cold, there shouldn't be any liability on anyone other than maybe the parents. And we should all feel grateful the person is no longer wasting perfectly good oxygen.
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I agree with you. However the counter argument is if that person goes outside because his company demands it of him/her, and they have not provided adequate information on cold protection in extremes, it falls on the company.
A lot of this liability didn't start off with bad intentions - it started off with unrestrained capitalism. Meat packing industry in the US circa 1920s profited greatly from fresh immigrants. Paid them pennies to work in insanely unsafe environments where one mistakes would cripple you. Grueling labor, performed for 16 hours at a time, in extreme heat or cold, because it was cheaper than actually making work safe.
Edit: Not to be mistaken for the fudge packing industry, where Zoren works currently. Much less grueling - he loves it there!