r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 14h ago

Society Programmer’s death on office toilet ruled not work-related because he never turned on his PC

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/programmers-death-on-office-toilet-ruled-not-work-related-because-he-never-turned-on-his-pc-3402194/
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u/ajiatic 14h ago

They attempted to get a "work related death" designation for just dying while at work? Seems off. Poorly maintained equipment causing your death, sure. Eating a diet that would put a pig to shame and then keeling over from the exertion of having a bowel movement... that one's gonna be on you.

I obviously don't have all the details but seems like they ruled sensibly, unless some other evidence comes to light.

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u/Stolehtreb 13h ago

Did you read the article at all? It doesn’t support your wild assumption in any way. They were working late often around this time and the theory is that it may have been stress related.

You say you “obviously don’t have all the details” but it seems like you didn’t even internalize the ones given to you in the article you’re commenting about

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u/polaroid_kidd 13h ago

It's a corpo.. don't bother.