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and Health Act (OSHA) passed
Congress in 1970, the justification
for it was that workers needed
Federal protection on their jobs.
There were statistics to support
the legislation. The number of
job-related injuries, illnesses and
deaths was a disturbing figure.
And there was reason to believe
that some Federal regulation
could result in working conditions
that would not be as dangerous
for employees.
OSHA established the
regulations, the bureaucracy and
the penalities for job safety and
health. But the idea was to
protect workers, not to harass
business.
Just the opposite has taken
place since OSHA went into ef
fect. Many of the safety in
spectors provided for under the
law seem to put worker concerns
in second place behind their
interest in proving to businesses
that they have some power.
Small businesses throughout
the 16th District have been in
touch with me saying that the
inspectors not only pointed out
hazards and violations on their
first visit, but imposed fines as
well. It is hard to call such ac
tions anything by harassment.
I certainly think that the in-
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out working conditions on their
first visit and tell the owner or
manager to correct anything that
{doesn’t meet the standards
Required by law. But no fines
should be imposed unless there is
,a refusal to make the corrections
or unless on a second visit the
same conditions are present.
The harassment that has been
taking place is particularly bad
considering that thousands of
businesses apparently were
never informed of OSHA’s
provisions. One of the first things
that the people running the safety
and health program were sup
posed to do was contact everyone
who would be regulated by OSHA
and tell them what was required.
But evidently this information
process was pretty since
hundreds of businessmen have
been in touch with me to find out
what OSHA is all about. They had
never received word about it
from the Labor Department.
Now there are several bills
before Congress to amend OSHA
and essentially water down its
provisions. There will be a good
deal of support for that kind of
action given the way that the
program is being administered.
Personally, I’d like to see us
keep our commitment to better
safety and health conditions for
American workers. But I’m not
going to support a program that
forgets its main function and
concentrates energies on
harassment of responsible
businessmen, particularly those
with small businesses.
I have an idea all that may be
needed to make OSHA work right
is to see that safety inspectors
realize they are public servants
and not miniature dictators. If
the people who administer the
law would just be as reasonable
as those who made the law hoped
they would be, I think it might
accomplish some good without
being a businessman’s night
mare.
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