U.S. Rarely Seeks Charges For Deaths in Workplace

Article Abstract:

The New York Times has conducted an eight-month investigation into OSHA's failure to prosecute companies that have created what are known as 'willful' safety violations that led to workplace deaths of employees. From 1982 to 2002, OSHA looked into 1,242 of these deaths, but sought prosecutions in only 7% of the cases. Compared to the EPA, OSHA is thwarted by a bureaucracy that makes prosecutions very difficult. Corporate defense lawyers usually succeed in getting OSHA to downgrade a case from 'willful' to 'unclassified' which makes it virtually impossible to get to trial.

Occupational Safety & Health Adm, Labor Distribution by Employer, Employer liability, Investigations, Statistics, United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Testimony, Evidence

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California Leads Prosecution Of Employers in Job Deaths

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California provides worker protection through its agency Cal OSHA. The state has a law that makes it a felony for employers to violate safety work rules if those violations lead to the deaths of employees. The felony comes with a three-year prison sentence and $1.5 million fine. If state investigators find evidence that supports prosecution, they are required to refer each case to local prosecutors.

Government domestic functions, California, Social policy

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Mexico's Antitrust Chief Seeks Stronger Laws

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Eduardo Perez Motta is the new president of Mexico's Federal Competition Commission. He is working at writing new antitrust laws to help control the monopolistic competition of companies like Coca-Cola and Telefonos de Mexico.

Strategy & planning, Bottled and canned soft drinks, Mexico, Antitrust Law, Interpretation and construction, Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, Georgia), Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Soft drink industry, KO, Antitrust issue, Public officers, Government officials, Monopolistic competition, Aims and objectives, Perez Motta, Eduardo

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