OSHA Hit for Lack of Safety Rules on Deadly Dust Explosions

February 11, 2008

  • February 11, 2008 at 2:19 am
    Tom L. says:
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    Too bad we can’t hit OSHA with a willful violation penalty!

  • February 11, 2008 at 5:34 am
    wudchuck says:
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    um… wonder why they have not been hit with a lawsuit because they are supposed to be the safety experts!

    if they can penalize folks for not following rules, why can’t we with a slew of same things (in this case over 300) – err on the feds for not taking care of employees.

    afterall, how many folks do need to die? look at the mining industry. they are going to take a step forward and have a rescue chamber.

  • February 11, 2008 at 5:48 am
    lastbat says:
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    OSHA gets sued all the time, and usually things happen because of it. Partly because of the system put in place when OSHA was created, partially because of lawsuits and partially because of Congress, it takes an average of 15 years for OSHA to pass or change a standard. They get sued because they don’t have a standard, they get sued because people think the standard has bad science, or is too restrictive, or not restritive enough. As a safety professional I’d rather see OSHA utilize current standards than promulgate new ones. If anything they have the general-duty clause to fall back on.

    I expect to see something in the next 5-10 years on this.



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