Concept and brief description
The OSH Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act,to be enforced, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducts unannounced inspections to the companies. This is due to see if the companies are following the regulations that are necessary to protect any person involve in the company. Once the person representing the OSH shows he or she is there to inspect the company, there are four different components to take in consideration. First, the compliance officer looks at the company's records of deaths, injuries, and illnesses. Second, the officer and someone representing the company go around and take a tour. While doing the tour, the officer makes notes about the conditions that may violate regulations. Third, the officer makes employee interviews to see if anyone is aware of any violation that needs to be taken care of. Fourth, the officer has a conference with the employer and talks about the findings about any violation. If any violation found, the officer gives a time frame to the employer to fix the violation. If the violations are fixed, there are still fines that the employer may have to pay.
Emotional Hook
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008 there were 5,071 fatal injuries in the United States, and in 2007 there were 5,657.
Key Points to Elicit in Discussion
There have been instances were on hears in the news places where a company had a number of violations but there were never fixed and that caused many fatalities. It is very important to follow regulations that pertain to the company, especially about safety and health of the employees. Without the safety regulations nobody will be able to work and be safe at the same time.
Facilitative Questions
How can we, as employees of a company, help maintain a safe environment in the company?
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Even with OSHA in place, isn't it crazy that there are still more than 5,000 work related deaths in the country. To me that seems still pretty high, but it is down dramatically from 15,000 deaths when the act was passed. The numbers are probably still high because people just aren't safe sometimes.
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