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Rise in Construction Accidents Prompts Review of Federal Agency, OSHA
National News • May 13, 2008
The leader of a House of Representatives committee said it plans to review a federal agency in charge of ensuring workplace safety this summer after recent construction deaths in Las Vegas and ...
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| another idea | c | Jun 23, 2008, 10:00 am |
| RE: RE: RE: A couple of ideas | lastbat | May 14, 2008, 7:10 pm |
| RE: RE: A couple of ideas | Johnny | May 14, 2008, 4:01 pm |
| RE: A couple of ideas | R | May 13, 2008, 2:55 pm |
| A couple of ideas | lastbat | May 13, 2008, 10:14 am |
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Subject: A couple of ideas
Give OSHA a bigger budget. One reason enforcement is so weak is you might have 30 inspectors to cover hundreds of thousands of workplaces in a state. Some employers go their entire corporate lives without ever seeing an OSHA inspector. If you want more workplaces inspected you need more inspectors.
Change to performance-based standards. Currently most OSHA standards are rule-based and don't focus on employee safety. If the employer has to worry about following the statute they aren't worrying as much about employee safety. Make the standards performance-based and employers will have more tools available to protect employees.
Step up promotion of the VPP program. The more worksites certfied VPP the fewer you need to inspect because they already have top-notch programs.
But the real key is moving the focus from conforming to rule-based standards to conforming to performance-based standards.