Submitted by JettMe_Red t3_127da85 in OldSchoolCool
SoylentGrunt t1_jedrs2e wrote
Reply to comment by Ormetkruper in Fearless construction workers in 1925, working without any Safety equipment.. by JettMe_Red
A lot of people still die. OSHA is gutted right now. The government is letting the big boys get away with things they normally wouldn't thanks to regulatory capture.
Iron workers got, and still get, a pass on a lot of OSHA regs because the steel erection companies were instrumental in writing OSHA rules and didn't want their crews slowed down with safety equipment.
Workplace safety today is not about saving lives. It's about saving money by avoiding wrongful death lawsuits from surviving family members of killed employees and OSHA fines should OSHA decide to actually do their job that day.
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