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- UNEMPLOYMENT
- LABOR DISPUTES
- WORKER SAFETY
Since 1971, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA) has been responsible for developing and enforcing workplace safety and health regulations. OSHA’s mission is to “assure safe and healthful conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.” Since OSHA’s inception, workplace fatalities have decreased 65%, from 38 deaths a day to 14, while injury and illness rates have dropped 67%. In 2018, 5,250 workers died on the job, including 887 from fatal falls. Most of the debate about OSHA centers on the cost of its regulations versus the actual benefit in reduced worker injury, illness and death. However, studies have found the costs of compliance with OSHA rules are often overestimated by both OSHA and the industries it regulates.
Some question OSHA’s effectiveness because the maximum penalty it can levy against safety violators is 6 months in jail. During nearly 50 years of OSHA’s existence, it has only secured a total of 12 criminal convictions. Advocates claim we need to revise OSHA’s laws to make it a felony to willfully commit a safety violation that results in the injury or death of a worker.
Pending Legislation: H.R.3036 - Protecting America’s Workers Act
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (CT)
Status: House Committee on Education and Workforce
Chair: Rep. Tim Walberg (MI)
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Some question OSHA’s effectiveness because the maximum penalty it can levy against safety violators is 6 months in jail. During nearly 50 years of OSHA’s existence, it has only secured a total of 12 criminal convictions. Advocates claim we need to revise OSHA’s laws to make it a felony to willfully commit a safety violation that results in the injury or death of a worker.
Pending Legislation: H.R.3036 - Protecting America’s Workers Act
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (CT)
Status: House Committee on Education and Workforce
Chair: Rep. Tim Walberg (MI)
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- I oppose reforming current worker safety policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Mike Johnson (LA).
- I support strengthening the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by expanding workplace safety and health protections by: 1.) Extending OSH Act protections to federal, state, and local government employees, who are not fully covered under the current law. 2.) Strengthening protections for employees who report unsafe conditions or violations, including safeguards for those who refuse to perform duties they reasonably believe would result in serious injury. 3.) Proposing higher civil and criminal penalties for employers who commit serious violations of health and safety standards. 4.) Modifying penalties for inflation to ensure they remain a significant deterrent. 5.) Establishing rights for victims of workplace injuries or deaths and their families to be involved in investigations and citation proceedings. 6.) Requiring employers to report all work-related deaths, injuries, and hospitalizations and prohibits discouraging employees from reporting such incidents. 7.) Directing the Department of Labor to conduct investigations of fatalities and significant incidents in a timely manner. 8.) Mandating that the Department of Labor provide training programs that inform employees of their rights and employers of their responsibilities. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Tim Walberg (MI) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- I support strengthening the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by expanding workplace safety and health protections by:
1.) Extending OSH Act protections to federal, state, and local government employees, who are not fully covered under the current law.
2.) Strengthening protections for employees who report unsafe conditions or violations, including safeguards for those who refuse to perform duties they reasonably believe would result in serious injury.
3.) Proposing higher civil and criminal penalties for employers who commit serious violations of health and safety standards.
4.) Modifying penalties for inflation to ensure they remain a significant deterrent.
5.) Establishing rights for victims of workplace injuries or deaths and their families to be involved in investigations and citation proceedings.
6.) Requiring employers to report all work-related deaths, injuries, and hospitalizations and prohibits discouraging employees from reporting such incidents.
7.) Directing the Department of Labor to conduct investigations of fatalities and significant incidents in a timely manner.
8.) Mandating that the Department of Labor provide training programs that inform employees of their rights and employers of their responsibilities.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Tim Walberg (MI) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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