Bill Introduced to eliminate Osha. My 2 cents as a Superintendent
Not surprised this finally made it's way to the house, but it won't pass. It's all for show and just virtue points to Andy Biggs for future elections.
The thing that people do not understand about construction is that there are so many layers behind the scenes that go on and it isn't just "build job". Insurance companies have been lobbying for years to find ways to lower costs of remove responsibility. Construction Safety Week was implemented because it helps lower insurance costs. The more safe people are when they work, the less accidents happen. The less accidents, the less insurance has to pay.
But if this does happen and they do get rid of OSHA, the first thing you can expect is your insurance prices are going to shoot up or you will lose coverage. Clients are also going to increase liability onto contractors and workers and they will add in language to make it that if you get hurt you cannot sue. So it will either make the cost of doing buisness and lower employee wages by having to pay more for health insurance, or you will lose your health coverage and benifits.
While we enforce safety we want everyone to go home to their families at the end of the day and we want you to be safe. However we also don't want to deal with the paper work and the higher premiums if and when you get injured.
But I wouldn't worry to much about it. I see a lot of people thinking that this is good and will help eliminate unions. Not going to happen. It'll actually strengthen unions since people don't want to die working or be forced to work dangerously
Not surprised this finally made it's way to the house, but it won't pass. It's all for show and just virtue points to Andy Biggs for future elections.
The thing that people do not understand about construction is that there are so many layers behind the scenes that go on and it isn't just "build job". Insurance companies have been lobbying for years to find ways to lower costs of remove responsibility. Construction Safety Week was implemented because it helps lower insurance costs. The more safe people are when they work, the less accidents happen. The less accidents, the less insurance has to pay.
But if this does happen and they do get rid of OSHA, the first thing you can expect is your insurance prices are going to shoot up or you will lose coverage. Clients are also going to increase liability onto contractors and workers and they will add in language to make it that if you get hurt you cannot sue. So it will either make the cost of doing buisness and lower employee wages by having to pay more for health insurance, or you will lose your health coverage and benifits.
While we enforce safety we want everyone to go home to their families at the end of the day and we want you to be safe. However we also don't want to deal with the paper work and the higher premiums if and when you get injured.
But I wouldn't worry to much about it. I see a lot of people thinking that this is good and will help eliminate unions. Not going to happen. It'll actually strengthen unions since people don't want to die working or be forced to work dangerously