Within your post, support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or Web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Bring in your own personal experiences, if applicable.
Employee Rights/Safety
Deidriaunna Priest posted Mar 11, 2020 7:44 AM
Greetings Class!
All employees have rights as it relates to OSHA. Employees should comply with occupational safety and health standard rules. Employees who feel threated or that the work environment is unsafe can request an inspection. Also, as it relates to rights, employees have the right to have citations posted to inform other employees about violations, reasons to have the address discrimination, and the right to ensure that proper documentation was reviewed by the labor department (Solomon, 1988). OSHA is intended to protect workers and educate them about their health and safety rights.
1. What is OSHA's impact on safety in U.S. workplaces?
All employers should ensure that the work environment is safe for all employees. As it relates to OSHA, their role is to assure that safety and health are mandated while enforcing standards. Companies should implement principles that would provide training, outreach, and education. OSHA has made a significant impact since the 70's that includes a consultation program with over 31,000 visits to employers, 39,000 inspections while issuing 85,000 citations for violations, elimination of brown lung disease in the textile industry, and reduced workplace injuries and illness by 4 percent (DOL, n.d.). According to OSHA, workplace fatalities have been cut in half, meaning fewer employees are getting injured or disabled (DOL, n.d.). Construction workers deal with frequent accidents every day due to falls, equipment, and electrical incidents. OSHA has partnered with companies to work onsite to educate individuals about safety programs (DOL, n.d.). Working together with OHSA, employees, and employers could help with improvements nationwide.
2. What are the disadvantages of OSHA law?
All laws will have some type of disadvantage that employers don't agree with. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is outdated and should be evaluated with current measures. All employees are not covered under the law, such as self-employed, independent farmers, and individuals covered under other legislation (Pros and Cons of OSHA, n.d.). Also, OSHA is one hundred percent accident or injury-prone. OSHA should update to the modern world and assist that more standards are met.
3. What would be the consequences if OSHA were repealed?
Repealing any type of law would have a negative effect. Individuals have the right to feel safe in a working environment. OSHA provides training to employers and workers. Employers' primary focus is to maintain a safe, healthy environment while preventing hazardous events. Repealing would allow injures to occur and put employees at risk. Abolishing OSHA encourages emplo ...
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1. Within your post, support your responses with information from
at least two reputable sources (library and/or Web-based) and
provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your
references. Bring in your own personal experiences, if
applicable.
Employee Rights/Safety
Deidriaunna Priest posted Mar 11, 2020 7:44 AM
Greetings Class!
All employees have rights as it relates to OSHA. Employees
should comply with occupational safety and health standard
rules. Employees who feel threated or that the work
environment is unsafe can request an inspection. Also, as it
relates to rights, employees have the right to have citations
posted to inform other employees about violations, reasons to
have the address discrimination, and the right to ensure that
proper documentation was reviewed by the labor department
(Solomon, 1988). OSHA is intended to protect workers and
educate them about their health and safety rights.
1. What is OSHA's impact on safety in U.S. workplaces?
All employers should ensure that the work environment is safe
for all employees. As it relates to OSHA, their role is to assure
that safety and health are mandated while enforcing standards.
Companies should implement principles that would provide
training, outreach, and education. OSHA has made a significant
impact since the 70's that includes a consultation program with
over 31,000 visits to employers, 39,000 inspections while
issuing 85,000 citations for violations, elimination of brown
lung disease in the textile industry, and reduced workplace
injuries and illness by 4 percent (DOL, n.d.). According to
OSHA, workplace fatalities have been cut in half, meaning
fewer employees are getting injured or disabled (DOL, n.d.).
Construction workers deal with frequent accidents every day
2. due to falls, equipment, and electrical incidents. OSHA has
partnered with companies to work onsite to educate individuals
about safety programs (DOL, n.d.). Working together with
OHSA, employees, and employers could help with
improvements nationwide.
2. What are the disadvantages of OSHA law?
All laws will have some type of disadvantage that employers
don't agree with. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 is outdated and should be evaluated with current
measures. All employees are not covered under the law, such as
self-employed, independent farmers, and individuals covered
under other legislation (Pros and Cons of OSHA, n.d.). Also,
OSHA is one hundred percent accident or injury-prone. OSHA
should update to the modern world and assist that more
standards are met.
3. What would be the consequences if OSHA were repealed?
Repealing any type of law would have a negative effect.
Individuals have the right to feel safe in a working
environment. OSHA provides training to employers and
workers. Employers' primary focus is to maintain a safe, healthy
environment while preventing hazardous events. Repealing
would allow injures to occur and put employees at risk.
Abolishing OSHA encourages employees to do what they want
in, which would cause layoffs, causalities, and workers comp
cases. If employees need a hard hat to perform duties, they
should wear it at all times. Employers' role plays a significant
part, and their actions can influence others.
4. What recommendations do you have to improve OSHA law or
its regulations?
To make OSHA more active, there should be more updated rules
to provide an efficient process. OSHA should do more check-ins
to ensure employers are following the necessary protocols.
Also, providing training leaders would provide up to date rules
and regulations. They would also make sure hazardous signs are
current and correctly displayed. All employees should know
OSHA standards and the importance of reporting injuries.
3. References
(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/Publications/about-
osha/3302-06N-2006-English.html
(n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.osha.gov/archive/oshinfo/success.html
Pros and Cons of OSHA. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://prezi.com/cqalyl4tnwts/pros-and-cons-of-osha/
Solomon, J. S. (1988). Protecting Employee Safety Rights:
OSHA or Arbitration? Employee Responsibilities
& Rights Journal, 1(1), 47–56. https://doi-
org.ezproxy.trident.edu/10.1007/BF01385452
Within your post, support your responses with information from
at least two reputable sources (library and/or Web-based) and
provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your
references. Bring in your own personal experiences, if
applicable.
Discussing the OSHA Guidelines Module 3 Discussion
Reginald Avila posted Mar 15, 2020 3:23 PM
Professor/Classmates,
1. What is O.S.H.A.’s impact on safety in the U.S. workplace?
O.S.H.A. a 1970 ACT that focused on the health and safety of
workers. It was enacted to deliver education, training, outreach,
and assistance to the U.S. workforce to ascertain that they
enjoyed safe and healthy working environments (U.S.D.L., n.d).
Since O.S.H.A. came into effect, have not only the workplace
fatalities reduced by half, but also illness and work-related
injuries have decreased by 40%. Cooperative programs have
been executed including consultation assistance that guides
employers in instituting and maintaining a safe and healthy
environment at no cost. Likewise, the voluntary protection
initiative involves recognizing those companies that have gone
the extra mile to ensure the safety of their employees. Such
commendable companies include the United Space Alliance and
4. Lucent Technologies (U.S.D.L., n.d.)
2. What are the disadvantages of O.S.H.A. law?
Companies must adhere to O.S.H.A. requirements. Although
O.S.H.A. provides discussion assistance, companies still have to
undergo the expenditure of improving the security and
wellbeing of its workforce. This is particularly expensive in
chemical industries, manufacturing industries, and construction
sites. Employee involvement, which is encouraged by O.S.H.A.,
is disadvantageous to employers since employees may dictate
what is safe or not, leading to disparities between the
management and the workforce (Hickman, 2017). Some of the
legislations under O.S.H.A., such as PEL (permissible exposure
limits), are outdated since their basis was on the 1960s
standards leaving employees exposed to safety and health issues
that are not against the O.S.H.A. regulations. Inspections
conducted by O.S.H.A. operatives are often counterproductive,
whereby the inspectors overlook some hazardous items in favor
of less impactful evils (Rekus, 2012).
3. What would be the consequences if O.S.H.A. were repealed?
President Donald Trump repealed a regulation of O.S.H.A.
known as the “Volks” rule, which meant that the original
duration of pursuit for safety breaches reduced to only six
months from 5 years. O.S.H.A. experts discoursed that the
repeal opened doors for employers to hide recurrent hazardous
occurrences and injuries from inspectors, and in case they were
discovered, the regulators would not be in a position to take
action beyond six months (Harress, 2017). Furthermore, it
would also discredit responsible employers who would not be
able to compete with unscrupulous employers leading to more
deaths, injuries, sickness, and general recklessness. Such an
action would also gravely affect the bureau of statistics which
would not have an accurate description of the working
conditions of the citizenry (Jordan, 2017). The above was just a
preview of the likely grave aftermaths of an entire O.S.H.A.
repealing.
4. What recommendations do you have to improve O.S.H.A. law
5. or its regulations?
O.S.H.A. should restrain from just improving old legislations
such as the standards for flammable liquids and spray painting,
and develop new standards fit for the 21st century. Likewise,
the O.S.H.A. regulations should include all firm sizes,
especially the small companies, where inspection and
compliance are often overlooked. Most of the errors in O.S.H.A.
are in its inspection process. Therefore, O.S.H.A. would achieve
more if this process was more streamlined. Studies have shown
that higher compliance is achievable after the first inspection
and so O.S.H.A. would accomplish more if the checks were
done more extensively rather than intensively. O.S.H.A. ought
to educate workers on the possible hazards in different
industries since they cannot receive premiums for risks they are
not aware of (Hale & Leeth, 2020).
References
Hale, N., & Leeth, J. (2020, January 10). Evaluating OSHA's
effectiveness and suggestions for reform. Retrieved from
https://www.mercatus.org/publications/regulation/evaluating-
oshas-effectiveness-and-suggestions-reform
Harress, C. (2017, April 7). Alabama's workplaces more
dangerous after OSHA repeal? Retrieved from
https://www.al.com/news/2017/04/gulfcoast_shipbuilding_could
_b.html
Hickman, M. (2017, September 26). OSHA VPP Disadvantages.
Retrieved from https://legalbeagle.com/13659168-osha-vpp-
disadvantages.html
Jordan. (2017, April 4). Trump signs repeal of volks rule:
Workers lose. Retrieved from
https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2017/04/04/trump-signs-
volks-rule-repeal/
Rekus, J. (2012, April 13). OSHA: The Good, the Bad and the
Ugly. Retrieved from
https://www.ehstoday.com/archive/article/21914339/osha-the-
good-the-bad-and-the-ugly
U.S.D.L. (n.d.). About OSHA. Retrieved from
