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hlthe2b

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3. OSHA has already been largely defanged. Innumerable HCW's became ill, died, or now have long COVID, yet
Sun Jun 30, 2024, 01:25 PM
Jun 2024

not one gets workman's comp--thanks to TSF and his Congressional cronies. Not even those infected early on--where the hospital ER workplace was ground zero. OSHA was not allowed to even address/investigate/act on the issue. This gets little attention, but it is among the longstanding horrors of RW deregulation. With massive heat, OSHA has never been allowed to enact heat stroke/stress prevention regulations and then there is the issue of minors working in incredibly dangerous fields (usually immigrants) like the poultry processing or slaughterhouse industries.

OSHA was among the first major Federal agencies that RW targeted and it has not regained its capabilities.

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