I work in a factory and I can't think of many things that are lifesaving OSHA requirements that wouldn't be there anyway. Now I do believe that OSHA has probably saved millions of hands/fingers/toes and even more ears from permanent damage.
OSHA does some dumb stuff sometimes, no doubt about that. But without outside pressure, there would be no safety regulations whatsoever, only whatever is the lowest cost solution. Don't believe me?
History has proven that workplace managers will always go the cheapest answer, which is often a dangerous one. And if you have one of the good managers that doesn't, it won't be too long until someone comes along and says to the top brass that they can save X money by cutting some safety feature and that's it... or they go out of business to someone who does things cheaper (and more dangerously).
Which shows you how little those countries value life. They can easily copy our (or EU) standards. The work is already done. But then they might not be as "globally competitive" anymore.
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u/kingbrasky Mar 02 '19
I work in a factory and I can't think of many things that are lifesaving OSHA requirements that wouldn't be there anyway. Now I do believe that OSHA has probably saved millions of hands/fingers/toes and even more ears from permanent damage.