Thinking about forming a safety committee? Here’s incentive: During the night, a Seattle firefighter mistook the fire pole for a restroom door. (A safety light that illuminated the pole had burned out.) He fell 18 feet and suffered spine and brain injuries ... A jury awarded him $12.7 million.
The cost of a burned-out light bulb: $12.7 million
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