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kingbane2 t1_j6hinpm wrote

ah rio tinto. the company that destroyed historical artifacts and indigenous sites, then apologized for it. even though they knew what they were doing before they did it. now they dumped some radioactive shit, and oh boy they're totally so super sorry again.

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Particular_Garage_31 t1_j6h9gt5 wrote

Well as long as they are sorry!

But seriously, any talk of them being charged for this? They spending fuck all on logistics and giving their higher ups raises or something?

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orangebix t1_j6hefg5 wrote

Why would Rio be charged??? They hired a company to move the item.

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pzerr t1_j6izl9q wrote

The people or person that actually lost it.

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kingbane2 t1_j6hiwlu wrote

so, they farmed it out to the lowest bidder and probably didn't do any due diligence on checking if the company could do it safely. therefore they can wash their hands of it when shit hits the fan? i think in most countries when a company offloads dangerous work to a sub contractor the parent company bears a bunch of responsibility too.

just as an example, i work for a primary contractor that has a contract with a big ISP here, we're doing the fibre install. my company also sub contracts to other companies to do the install. recently someone slipped on some ice when she walked into one of the sub contractors work area. the area was pylonned and there were signs, but there was no sign for pedestrian diversion. so she's suing the company i work for, and the isp company is also liable for some of the damages too.

same thing if while drilling someone hit's a buried line, it isn't just the sub contractor that's responsible alone. otherwise every company would just offload dangerous work or work that has high risk off to some smaller company and when that smaller company cuts corners they're off the hook.

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BloomingBrie t1_j6hjgia wrote

I too like making assumptions, then argue my strawman!

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duck_butter t1_j6h75qb wrote

> There are concerns it could have become lodged in the tyres of a vehicle travelling on the same road.

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autotldr t1_j6h49rw wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 85%. (I'm a bot)

> Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised as the search continues for a tiny radioactive capsule that went missing while it was being taken to a storage facility in Perth, triggering a radiation alert in parts of Western Australia.

> The capsule left the site on January 12, and the contractor hired by Rio Tinto told the company it was missing on January 25.

> Before the device left the site, a Geiger counter was used to confirm the presence of the capsule inside the package, Rio Tinto said.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Rio^#1 Tinto^#2 capsule^#3 radiation^#4 device^#5

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zebrahdh t1_j6j2cb5 wrote

I wish there was a small device that could detect radiation that could be used along the route that the traveling machinery took, but I guess there isn’t one.

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[deleted] t1_j6j6c89 wrote

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MetaMetatron t1_j6kvezn wrote

There absolutely are devices like this, I believe the person you replied to was being sarcastic.

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[deleted] t1_j6ky28t wrote

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MetaMetatron t1_j6kyio0 wrote

Lol, to be fair, it was kind of subtle... I read it and was like "Nah, he can't mean that! A Geiger counter is a thing!"

I bought a cheap one that plugs into a phones headphone jack, back when phones had those! I'm sure it wasn't accurate enough to mean much, but it definitely worked! I bought some uranium ore on Amazon to test it out!

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Infinite-Scum t1_j6jtap4 wrote

Rio Tinto has to be one of the shittiest companies on the planet.

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twarr1 t1_j6hqc4x wrote

Not lost. Stolen

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