When Workers Die: U.S. Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace. David Barstow.
by Barstow, David; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 306Business. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Every one of their deaths was a potential crime. Workers decapitated on assembly lines, shredded in machinery, burned beyond recognition, electrocuted, buried alive--all of them killed, investigators concluded, because their employers willfully violated workplace safety laws. These deaths represent the very worst in the American workplace, acts of intentional wrongdoing or plain indifference that kill about 100 workers each year. They were not accidents. They happened because a boss removed a safety device to speed up production, or because a company ignored explicit safety warnings, or because a worker was denied proper protective gear." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the investigation and prosecution of workplace deaths.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: When Workers Die: U.S. Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace, Dec. 22, 2003; pp. A1+.
"Every one of their deaths was a potential crime. Workers decapitated on assembly lines, shredded in machinery, burned beyond recognition, electrocuted, buried alive--all of them killed, investigators concluded, because their employers willfully violated workplace safety laws. These deaths represent the very worst in the American workplace, acts of intentional wrongdoing or plain indifference that kill about 100 workers each year. They were not accidents. They happened because a boss removed a safety device to speed up production, or because a company ignored explicit safety warnings, or because a worker was denied proper protective gear." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the investigation and prosecution of workplace deaths.
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