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OSHA "Targets" Non-Union Auto Makers?

Mike

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Why shouldn't we believe that OSHA is unfairly targeting these companies? After all, When the appointed person in charge of the IRS on "501" matters has plead the 5th twice on targeting Conservatives............

This is by far the most corrupt Admin in history, except for maybe FDR & his Communist Cabinet & Regime.


WASHINGTON — Federal workplace safety officials may be unfairly singling out right-to-work states by conducting extra inspections at auto parts makers in the South, an Alabama congresswoman says.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking for hazards that could lead to serious injuries or deaths at companies in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia that manufacture car parts. The in-depth inspections will be conducted over the next two years.

“Workers in this industry are exposed to caught-in, crushing, struck-by and electrical hazards due to the machinery utilized in the making of these parts,” according to an OSHA directive.

But Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, said she is unaware of any pattern of accidents that would justify the extra inspections.

Singling out a specific industry in three states, Roby said, is suspicious. All three states, like most of the South, have right-to-work laws preventing employees from being compelled to join a union.

“Reasonable rules designed to ensure worker safety should be enforced in a manner that is fair, equitable and free from political influence,” Roby wrote in a Thursday letter to U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.

OSHA conducts local and regional programs “to address hazards or industries that pose a particular risk to workers” in a specific area, according to the agency.

In the eight Southeastern states included in OSHA’s Region 4, for example, special inspection programs have focused on construction falls, noise hazards in sawmills, concrete manufacturing plans and poultry slaughterhouses, and fatalities in the landscaping and horticulture industries. OSHA lists 12 such special programs started in Region 4 last year.

Last year, OSHA cited an Auburn automotive parts manufacturer for a willful safety violation after a worker lost a finger. In February, an auto parts maker in Thomson, Ga., and a temporary staffing agency it used were cited for 22 safety and health violations. The agency levies fines against companies for infractions.
 
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