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3Hotdogs

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7. Before O.S.H.A., there were 70K worker deaths per year. After O.S.H.A., worker deaths, 2021, 5,190.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 19, 2023, 05:36 PM

May 2023

It was long about 15 years ago, there was a documentary on PBS about Koch Industries and the large number of O.S.H.A. violations fines they accumulated and (as I recall) refused to pay. A couple of years after the violations, PBS revisited and found them to have remediated the conditions that led to the violations.

Needless, to say, doing it right, can cost money. Other times, it is just about changing behavior.

My takeaway from the O.S.H.A. course I took: "If it looks stupid, it is."

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April: Legality of OSHA Safety Rules Challenged in Federal Appeals Case [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 OP

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Before O.S.H.A., there were 70K worker deaths per year. After O.S.H.A., worker deaths, 2021, 5,190. 3Hotdogs May 2023 #7

But none of that matters to GOP judgstitutes. peppertree May 2023 #8

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+1 peppertree May 2023 #10

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