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LurkerMom: We have OSHA, they do inspections before hand, do employee training and more to prevent tragedies from happening. OSHA does not come in after a tragedy to inspect and offer advice as U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board apparently does.
Umm. Did you not read my linked article?
Here, let me help you: We have OSHA, they do inspections before hand, do employee training and more to prevent tragedies from happening. OSHA does not come in after a tragedy to inspect and offer advice as U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board apparently does.
Investigators traced the accident to a device called a bubbler tube, used to measure liquid nitrogen levels inside the freezer. The tube was likely bent during maintenance, they said, rendering it unable to measure and control the freezer’s liquid nitrogen levels.
Following the Chemical Safety Board’s findings, the freezer’s manufacturer, Messer, revised its freezer design to include several layers of protection against liquid nitrogen overflow. The poultry processor, now part of Gold Creek, also developed emergency response protocols which the board said would help prevent future accidents.
OSHA does not, cannot, do that. OSHA and the Chemical Safety Board have distinctly different roles and responsibilities.
In addition, besides zeroing out the budget of the Chemical Safety Board and terminating it, Mad King Donald is cutting funding for OSHA by 8% in FY 2026. A significant portion of this reduction would affect OSHA's enforcement programs, with a proposed decrease of $23.7 million.
OSHA's workforce will be trimmed by at least 223 full-time equivalent positions, from 1,810 to 1,587 employees, a 12.3% reduction.
With fewer staff comes fewer inspections, with some reports predicting a nearly 30% reduction in inspections next year, compared to the current year.
OSHA standards and standard interpretations will become less frequent or even cease entirely, as resources are redirected.
And Training Grant programs which provide safety and health training for workers in underserved and high-hazard industries will be eliminated.
But, hey, you cannot criticize Mad King Donald.
Especially those dead poultry workers because, well, they're dead.
