The House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on whether our nation’s health and safety laws ensure that employers who fail to protect their workers are adequately penalized and deterred from committing future violations.
Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970 with the goal of assuring safe and healthful working conditions to all American workers. Nearly 40 years later, while workplace health and safety has improved, many workers remain at risk of death, injury or illness while on the job.
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Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970 with the goal of assuring safe and healthful working conditions to all American workers. Nearly 40 years later, while workplace health and safety has improved, many workers remain at risk of death, injury or illness while on the job.
Witnesses:
- Rebecca Foster » stepmother of Jeremy Foster who died as a result of a workplace safety violation Danville, Ark.
- Lawrence P. Halprin » Partner Keller and Heckman LLP
- Margaret Seminario » Safety and Health Director AFL-CIO
- David Uhlmann » Professor and Director of Environmental Law and Policy Program University of Michigan Law School
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, chair of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, opening statement.
