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To Safety - concerning your comments about Don Barker not doing his job - please make sure you have your facts straight before making remarks about a subject you obviously know little about. Don Barker and Mark Habersack were on the Orleans property 2 days before the accident that killed Travis Koehler and Rick Luzier and left my husband on life support. They met with Chief Emgineer Steve Cooper and Asst. Chief Engineer Tom Griffin and explicitly discussed the lack of confined space training at the Orleans and that absolutely no employee was to enter a confined space. This policy was also sent to both Cooper and Griffin on 2/1/07. On 2/2/07, the Chief Engineers made the decisions to disregard what they had been instructed. They decided to not follow safety procedures, not have safety equipment available and placed these men in harm's way. There is a history of confined space violations on Boyd properties, as detailed in the OSHA report on this accident. There is, to this day, a lack of a safety culture at Boyd Gaming. In an effort to save a few bucks Boyd Gaming destroyed two families. They have left mine in tatters. The bottom line is that they are negligent in their safety programs and that OSHA has failed to protect the employees in this matter and any possible future cases. Nevada OSHA is in serious need of reform.
Anyone interested in reading the OSHA report from the Orleans accident can find it in the pictures section of www.myspace.com/boycottboydgaming
Kelly Snow
wife of David Snow, survivor of Orleans "accident"
www.myspace.com/boycottboydgaming
Check out this page to read the full OSHA report from the Orleans tragedy. Show some support for the families!
Nevada OSHA failed the families involved in the Orleans tragedy on 2-2-07. The initial investigator repeatedly pushed for willful violations to be levied, only to be removed from the case - perhaps he was too honest for NV OSHA's liking? OSHA fined Boyd Gaming $185000. The initial fines before NV OSHA and Boyd Gaming had their private sit down broke down like this;
Willful = $420000
Serious = $12,500
Regulatory = $1000
Boyd got a pretty sweet deal after meeting privately with OSHA don't you think?
The entire OSHA report from the Orleans accident is posted online at www.myspace.com/boycottboydgaming
You can read about what actually happened that day on my page, read the OSHA report and see the condition Boyd's negligence left my husband in as he fought for his life.
Kelly Snow
Boycott Boyd Gaming
www.myspace.com/boycottboydgaming
Read the entire OSHA report for the 2-2-07 Orleans accident that left 2 men dead. Nevada OSHA protects the casinos, not the employees.
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