According to a documentary I watched on television some years ago, there was an expected one death for every million dollars spent on a skyscraper
There is absolutely no way that’s correct. No one is expecting 500+ deaths on a construction site.
I thought that maybe that documentary was referring to a specific time period so I looked into it…
Empire State Building, 1929: 5 deaths and the building cost 41 million dollars.
Sears Tower, 1973: 5 deaths, 175 million
World Trade Center (full complex), 1973: 60 deaths, 1.5 billion
The only skyscraper I found that is close to that figure is the Burj Khalifa (2010, 1.5 billion) which “unofficially” had hundreds of deaths. And even then… it’d need to be 1500 deaths to match that statistic.
Pretty sure that was pre OSHA
Still a far cry from 1 death per million dollars. Even what is considered the deadliest skyscraper construction in history (Burj Khalifa) is short.
There’s no way that stat was ever true.
A have a few old Mohawk friends from Six Nations who did this work. Most of the time, these guys were either hungover, drunk or high when they were doing this work. It was the only way to not be afraid of walking up there.
No amount of drugs can keep me from being afraid of that
further proof labour creates more problems than just the work itself
When this labourer falls, its his employer’s insurance that is going to make a payout. The cost of the insurance policy is wrapped up into the contract price that the landowner paid to have the construction done. So ultimately it is the owner that looses out.
So ultimately it is the owner that looses out.
Meanwhile the worker is literally fucking dead and is minced meat on the ground in the pursuit of enriching their employer. But that doesn’t count as losing out apparently.
Of course it’s the owner that loses out. Maybe he even has to attend the funeral!
Imagine how much that must cost!
Cost of doing business. He knew what he was getting into.
If he wanted a safer job, he should have become a cop so he can just shoot whatever danger there is.
So if the owner gets guillotined or Luigi’d for exploiting their workers, that’s also cost of doing business right?
this is pure comedy gold and y’all just downvoting like dead peasant insurance pays out to the family or something.
Hard to say with a .world
Idk man I think it’s worse to lose your life than to pay a bit extra in an insurance premium
