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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, May 17, 2004 ::
Congress may help small biz fight OSHA Philadelphia Business Journal
Democrats want OSHA to increase its fines against businesses and charge company owners with felonies in cases where workers die because management deliberately ignored safety standards.
"Causing the death of an employee on the job through willful violation of worker safety standards should not be treated as a trivial federal offense," says Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J.
Criminalizing OSHA violations, however, could jeopardize the agency's progress on getting companies to enter into voluntary agreements to improve safety programs, says Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Workplace fatalities and injuries continue to drop every year -- a sign, he says, that OSHA's emphasis on compliance assistance along with enforcement is working.------------------------------------------- posted 6:47 AM :: reference link ::
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