Changes for Workers Compensation and Union Laws

Webwire reported yesterday that "...changes to OSHA will mean more regulation and larger fines for companies providing hazardous conditions or trying to under-report or hide workplace injuries. The Charlotte Observer reported that inspections to poultry plants, an industry exposed to repetitive motion injuries, have dropped to their lowest levels in fifteen years. They further reported that OSHA staff has declined by 25% since 1980. New York times reported a recent crane collapse in New York that killed 6 workers, investigators found that the crew used only half the number of protective nylon strings that were needed to hold up a steel brace that connected the crane to the tower. All of the above statistics present a scary picture about workplace safety."

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