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I work in a dangerous industry

There was an incident 2 days ago at a heavy industry business a few doors from my place of work.
A 16 year old male was using an overhead crane and unfortunately he was standing directly below the suspended load.
Something gave way and the load fell on him. He died of a crush injury.
I use overhead cranes moving loads up to 10 tons. At any moment there could be equipment failure.
With this in mind, we never stand under a suspended load.
A 16 year old does not understand what can go wrong and it was up to his fellow workers to look out for him.
A tragedy that should never have happened.
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cherokeepatti · 70-79, F
That’s terrible and so sad. But I believe a 16-year old shouldn’t be working in a job like that. Are there no rules or laws against it there?
Gusman · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti Apprenticeships start at 15.
There was insufficient supervision. Someone so young needed to have a mentor by his side at all times.