Missouri Voters Overturn Right-To-Work Measure

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(08-09-2018, 10:41 AM)Au165 Wrote: Did anyone report it to OSHA, you know the proper authority for such workplace violations, that despite your views on them, is funded and has jurisdiction currently?

Once that I know of. She was a manager who thought she broke her wrist and did mess up her knee tripping over a pallet.

She got fired and they hung up flashlights.

And it's not really my views.

https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/15918-proposed-fy-2018-budget-osha-msha-face-deeper-slashes-niosh-cuts-not-as-sharp-as-expected
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/exclusive-number-osha-workplace-safety-inspectors-declines-under-trump-n834806
https://www.bna.com/obama-requests-5705-n17179873302/
http://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2018/06/15/house-subcommittee-cuts-osha-funding/
https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/12774-advocacy-groups-to-obama-veto-osha-cuts
http://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2017/07/18/house-budget-devastates-osha-enforcement/
https://www.ishn.com/articles/106515-trump-budget-preview-osha-gets-cut-niosh-gets-disemboweled

Over the last 5-8 years, the agency has moved funding from enforcement to training. And some of those years lawmakers only moderately increased the budget, or cut it.

(08-09-2018, 10:42 AM)GMDino Wrote: I hope that was sarcasm.

I much as I have loathed my interactions with OSHA at my current job we do care about safety here.  And when I see another mine explosion that is related to safety lapses I understand the need for such oversight.

No, businesses aren't evil. They're just entities comprised of smaller parts. Money isn't evil either.