Worker safety: another reason for "jobs for all"
National Jobs for All Coalition
As OSHA Emphasizes Safety, Long-Term Health Risks Fester [report on a toxic glue]
OSHA,
the watchdog agency that many Americans love to hate and industry often
faults as overzealous, has largely ignored long-term threats. By
Ian Urbina March 30, 2013
....
"Officials of the Franklin Corporation, a
cushion plant in Houston, Miss., explained in court documents that
safety was important but that nPB glues were attractive because they
dried so fast that the cushions could be produced in a third of the
time.
'There are people lined up out there for jobs,' said John Lyles, a vice president at Franklin, according to testimony
by a plant manager in a successful lawsuit in Mississippi brought by
four cushion workers who suffered severe nerve damage from the glue. 'If
they start dropping like flies, or something in that order, we can
replace them today.' "
....
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/us/osha-emphasizes-safety-health-risks-fester.html
The Times has back-up documents linked to this article. jz
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