As someone who lives and breathes OSHA and MiOSHA all day long, that case
made me very angry. I am in charge of buying large stamping presses and
safety is something that I plan from the beginning of any project. The sad
thing about OSHA is that they only go where the money is. Since I work for
a large corporation, we are under a lot more scrutiny than a small business
with 5-10 employees. But more often than not...its employees not thinking
about what they're doing.
The problem is not just OSHA, of course, but companies that put profit over life. There's nothing necessarily wrong with capitalism in my mind or with profit. But when you have some companies that seem to think it's perfectly all right to neglect every other value _except_ profit, then it makes you wonder. The outrages described in the award-winning articles should actually anger true capitalists even more than they anger me. Of course, that doesn't happen. Instead of cleaning up their own act, industries hire lobbyists to water down legislation and enforcement and regulation. Capitalism is its own worst enemy. And, too frequently, its own workers', too...
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Tom Beck
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"I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never thought I'd see the last." - Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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