Missouri

cost me money. The men should be happy that they have jobs and they know and accept the dangers..."

It sounds like he got a "Slap on the wrist and a don't do that again."

When I was working in commercial construction, as part of a subcontractor's team, when the OSHA men came, we always had at least few minutes warning. We were told to abandon our "questionable" tools, especially electric tools, and power cords, and knock off and go home. My idiot coworkers thought that it was a hoot, getting over on the safety inspectors like that. I just had to shake my head in disbelief. My employer never got a fine. (and we didn't get paid for the time off) I ended my construction career with that employer with a dispute over jobsite safety. The only thing that mattered was production, safety was not a part of the program.