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05/13/21
Jon L. Gelman
Six contractors constructing luxury single-family homes at the future site of Hawthorne Estates in Medford put workers at risk of serious or fatal injuries by failing to comply with federal requirements to prevent falls, the leading cause of death in the construction industry.
After multiple on-site investigations, the U.S. Department of Labor s
Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the companies for exposing workers to falls and other dangerous safety hazards while erecting walls and sheathing roofs.
OSHA initiated three of the inspections as part of its
Regional Emphasis Program on Falls in Construction. During the first on Oct. 20, 2020, the compliance officer observed workers exposed to falls and other hazards. Inspectors observed the same hazards during a second inspection two days later, prompting the third inspection on Oct. 31.
05/12/21
Jon L. Gelman
Michael Lewis s new book, The Premonition, is about three characters and their struggle to alert the Nation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The book offers a shocking insight into the mismanagement of the public health care system. The workers compensation industry lacked adequate information to prepare for the epidemic properly. It must address this deficiency in the future.
The author of 14 bestsellers reveals the story of a massive
failure and coverup by the US government and its agencies. The workers compensation system tragically misplaced its reliance upon those governmental sources and the sprawling “medical-industrial complex” to provide the health guidance to protect workers, employers, and insurance companies.
05/07/21
Jon L. Gelman
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not currently have a specific standard that protects health care or other workers from airborne or aerosol transmission of disease or diseases transmitted by airborne droplets.
Some in Congress, and some groups representing health care, meat and poultry processing, and other workers, are calling on OSHA to promulgate an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect workers from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) gives OSHA the ability to promulgate an ETS that would remain in effect for up to six months without going through the normal review and comment process of rulemaking. OSHA, however, has rarely used this authority in the past not since the courts struck down its ETS on asbestos in 1983.
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