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Workplace accidents are legally required to be reported in all of America, per OSHA regulations. There are definitely issues with compliance in some situations,

Workplace accidents are legally required to be reported in all of America, per OSHA regulations. There are definitely issues with compliance in some situations, but I guarantee that the OSHA inspectors take this sort of thing seriously.

cf141q5325 3y ago
Having watched a lot of Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board videos* i am a bit doubtful of that statement. Do you have firsthand knowledge here? *Amazing videos, can really recommend them. https://www.youtube.com/@USCSB/videos https://www.youtube.com/@USCSB/videos
- i_am_jl 3y ago
  OSHA inspectors really do take workplace injuries and safety seriously, regardless of how toothless the enforcement actions sometimes seem. The real problem is that there are about 2000 OSHA inspectors in the country, working out of about 100 offices, and serving more than 100 million workers.
  - wcunning 3y ago
    Does that count the Michigan OSHA inspectors? Do other states have their own inspection staff beyond Michigan? Honestly not sure, but I know Michigan runs that program independently as a history of the organized labor movement, and they have quite a few inspectors.
    - i_am_jl 3y ago
      Nope, that's just Federal. About half of the states have their own OSHA organizations, but I don't know much about how effective they are. In the northeast where I grew up most of the state-run OSHA orgs only dealt with state/county/city government jobs and left private employers to Federal OSHA.
- wcunning 3y ago
  Well, I have extensive OSHA training and a couple certifications, and I've worked in manufacturing companies (if not directly in the plants, but the awareness trainings were required).
mywittyname 3y ago
There's the law, and there's following the law. There are tons of managers in the USA who will pressure people who've been injured into not reporting an incident or lying about where/how it happened. Companies can get away with this for years before anything happens to them.

cf141q5325 3y ago

Having watched a lot of Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board videos* i am a bit doubtful of that statement. Do you have firsthand knowledge here? *Amazing videos, can really recommend them. https://www.youtube.com/@USCSB/videos https://www.youtube.com/@USCSB/videos

i_am_jl 3y ago
OSHA inspectors really do take workplace injuries and safety seriously, regardless of how toothless the enforcement actions sometimes seem. The real problem is that there are about 2000 OSHA inspectors in the country, working out of about 100 offices, and serving more than 100 million workers.
- wcunning 3y ago
  Does that count the Michigan OSHA inspectors? Do other states have their own inspection staff beyond Michigan? Honestly not sure, but I know Michigan runs that program independently as a history of the organized labor movement, and they have quite a few inspectors.
  - i_am_jl 3y ago
    Nope, that's just Federal. About half of the states have their own OSHA organizations, but I don't know much about how effective they are. In the northeast where I grew up most of the state-run OSHA orgs only dealt with state/county/city government jobs and left private employers to Federal OSHA.
wcunning 3y ago
Well, I have extensive OSHA training and a couple certifications, and I've worked in manufacturing companies (if not directly in the plants, but the awareness trainings were required).

mywittyname 3y ago

There's the law, and there's following the law. There are tons of managers in the USA who will pressure people who've been injured into not reporting an incident or lying about where/how it happened. Companies can get away with this for years before anything happens to them.