“Unscrupulous employers often consider it more cost effective to pay the minimal OSHA penalty and continue to operate an unsafe workplace than to correct the underlying health and safety problem. The current penalties do not provide an adequate deterrent.”

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Tags: David Michaels, death of an employee, OSHA penalty, prison time, Protecting America's Workers Act

“Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of their employers,” according to a new Web site.

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Tags: 16 deaths per day, Protecting America's Workers Act, worker deaths

Backed by more solid majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats have reintroduced the Protecting America’s Workers Act which aims to expand OSHA’s reach and increase the penalties it can issue for safety and health violations.

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Tags: H.R. 2067, increase OSHA fines, Protecting America's Workers Act