Never Be Forgotten

I received the good news yesterday in an email from our Corporate Safety Dept. that the fatality case that happened on my project in Atlanta back in March of this year was settled and over. Yes, we settled with the victim's mother the day before the trial was to start... I will not reveal the actual amount that we settled for but, in my opinion it was chump change considering the circumstances. Business-wise the settlement is a slam dunk... less money to pay out to the family means less profit loss for the company. Kelly-wise the settlement is a slap in the face and my heart goes out to this mother who lost her son... but, at one point along the way of this lawsuit I was unfortunately exposed to some of their family skeletons and it was not pretty. I feel so sorry for their entire family and for their loss and had hoped that this unexpected death might bring them back together... make right and leave the past as that- the past... let bygones be bygones and move on... I am just so glad that the trial did not happen because I do not know how I would have handled being involved in that. I did not even know the victim personally and yet this whole saga will never be forgotten.... Like I said back around the time of the accident in previous blogs, never in my 12.5 year of construction did I ever think that this sort of accident could happen to one of my employees on my project and result in death. I never thought I would see the day I would be interviewed by an OSHA inspector regarding a fatality on one of my projects... it is a life-changing experience and for me... ? All I do is count my blessings and be thankful for the so, so many in my basket called life...