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I think you might actually be setting a vital record for how many wrong posts one user can have in a thread.
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Btw change your username to BR8EIX. They make better plugs these days.
Probably are using the money they were saving to buy better Tuff blocks to pay off riders.?
LoL all that said was that it is the rain's fault.
I’d bet a lot of money they’re self-insured up to at least the first two to five million. Liability insurance wouldn’t kick in until after that.
For those calling for the riders to lawyer up i don’t know about that. Even if your attorney would be able to get you $50k, hell even $100k you’ll be giving at least 40% of that to the attorney. And you won’t be racing Supercross until it’s decided. And after it’s decided you might never race a Feld event again.
If you think $5k is a terrible offer you’d be better off calmly telling Feld’s representatives what you believe your losses are worth - proving it with receipts, pictures, etc. Let them know if they meet you at x dollar amount you’d sign a non-disclosure and agree to never take them to court in the future - which the guys that take the $5k will doubtlessly agree to.
EDIT: (he’ll to hell)
As a government entity OSHA will have to respond to any complaints lodged by an employee. This may or may not cause them to visit the employer's premises or jobsite. If they do come out of their office you can bet they're going to levy a fine against the employer for violating one or more of their standards; that's how they bring in their money. Once they're on a jobsite they may only constrain their investigation to the specified incident but if they see other violations they can fine for those too. There are new silica dust control standards that affect fill material handling activities that could come into play and if there's any hint of respiratory problems arising from gassing caused by the lime in the water it could get particularly nasty as OSHA gets tough on respiratory issues.
The best path would be to not exercise this option IMO. If OSHA finds a revenue stream stemming from dirt moving activities related to MX, all of MX could be negatively effected, maybe even the privately owned track you frequent.
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I own a farm and use lime every year. The 20 year old lime spreader that is made of metal and rubber gets hosed out a couple times a season. It has no mechanical issues other than normal wear. I've had my hands in more bags of lime in 1 day than all the riders together were subject to in an hours riding time. People have different sensitivities and the folks that received burns should be compensated for their injuries.
I think the actual number of injuries compared to the total number of riders, track crew, and staff that were not injured will prove to be quite low in comparison.
If so, then they lack some serious awareness. Lets not forget what the long term effects are of breathing the dust & ingesting the caustic mud/water in addition to the short term skin burns and destroyed bike components
Write Feld, AMA, and the FIM. Offer to be a consultant for them. You seem to have some valuable information that would maybe better things going forward.
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