{"id":1539,"date":"2017-07-10T15:04:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T19:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2017-07-10T18:03:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T22:03:12","slug":"time-act-save-worker-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/07\/10\/time-act-save-worker-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Time To Act: Save Worker Training Grants, Health &#038; Safety Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-371\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/13800419904_1ccf35e3f4_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"US Capitol\" width=\"395\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/13800419904_1ccf35e3f4_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/13800419904_1ccf35e3f4_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/>If you haven&#8217;t yet done so, it&#8217;s time to do so. And if you have done so, do it again: <strong>Contact your legislators about passing a budget that will protect workers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The House Appropriations Sub-Committee that deals with OSHA, MSHA and NIOSH is scheduled to mark up the FY 2018 Appropriations Bill on Thursday, July 13. A mark up is where they take the proposed bill and change language or add amendments before it&#8217;s voted on by the Full Committee, and then the full House of Representatives. \u00a0Although we know what the Trump administration is proposing &#8212; eliminating worker training, safety and health research and independent chemical accident investigations &#8212; \u00a0but we have no idea what the actual House bill says at this point. It could be better &#8212; or it could be worse than Trump&#8217;s proposal, and it could contain poison-pill amendments that would prohibit OSHA from enforcing its silica or record keeping standards.<\/p>\n<h2>What Do We Know About the Budget?<\/h2>\n<p>We have <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/05\/23\/1093\/\">written before<\/a> about what&#8217;s in President Trump&#8217;s budget proposal and it&#8217;s not good.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The budget eliminates OSHA\u2019s Worker Safety &amp; Health Training Program:<\/strong> The OSHA <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/category\/harwood\/\">Susan Harwood Grant training program<\/a> has funded groups to train over one million U.S. workers on health and safety hazards and their rights at work, and has created hundreds of publicly available training materials in over a dozen languages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The budget will reduce OSHA&#8217;s enforcement staff by more than 10% from the 2016 level. <\/strong>It already takes OSHA, on average, 159 years to inspect every workplace in the country. (That means if Abraham Lincoln had started OSHA, it would not quite be finished inspecting every workplace in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>National<\/b><strong>\u00a0Institute for Occupational Safety and Health\u00a0(NIOSH)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s budget slashes the budget for the only agency that performs key scientific and application research that help workers, employers and state programs improve safety in the workplace.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The budget eliminates Education Research Centers<\/strong> \u2013 training and research programs that focus on industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine and occupational safety.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eliminates funding<\/strong> <strong>for expert research &#8212; <\/strong>\u00a0on job safety; surveillance of lead poisoning, silicosis and other diseases; and NIOSH\u2019s National Construction Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trump&#8217;s budget increases coal miners\u2019 risk of injury and death<\/strong> by cutting $3 million from MSHA&#8217;s budget and reducing the number of safety inspections in U.S. coal mines by nearly 25%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Chemical Safety Board<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trump&#8217;s budget eliminates the Chemical Safety Board, the only agency that performs\u00a0independent chemical incident investigations:<\/strong> The Chemical Safety Board is a unique agency in charge of investigating major chemical incidents (explosions, leaks) independent of enforcement. CSB focuses on root cause analysis and preventing future major chemical incidents that affect workers and communities surrounding chemical plants. (The Chemical Safety Board budget is in a different committee than OSHA and will <i>will be <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/07\/10\/save-chemical-safety-board\/\">marked up on Wednesday<\/a><\/i>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Can You Do?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-632\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-632\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dotter-asbestos-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"Asbestos Workers\" width=\"294\" height=\"428\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Earl Dotter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earldotter.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.earldotter.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we\u2019ve said\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/04\/07\/talk-to-your-representatives-about-osha-budget\/\">before<\/a>, your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.callmycongress.com\/\">Senators and Congresspersons<\/a>\u00a0will need to know that there can be no cuts in OSHA, MSHA or NIOSH. \u00a0And if you live in a district or state with members on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/political-action\/\">Appropriations Committees<\/a>, your voice is especially important.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No funding cuts in OSHA, MSHA or NIOSH.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>13 workers die every day in American workplaces.<\/li>\n<li>At current budget levels, OSHA can only inspect every workplace in the United States once every 159 years.<\/li>\n<li>A strong enforcement program is needed to ensure that low-road employers follow the law.\u00a0This helps responsible employers \u2013 why should they be at a disadvantage competing with law-breakers?<\/li>\n<li>Mining continues to be one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Coal miners deserve protection.<\/li>\n<li>NIOSH performs needed research on best practices, new hazards and needed solutions that help map our way to\u00a0improved injury and illness prevention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fund worker safety and health training \u2014 the Harwood Grants<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Harwood grants\u00a0have trained more than 2.1 million workers in dangerous jobs since 1978.<\/li>\n<li>Harwood grants provide resources to non-profits (universities, unions, small business associations, worker rights groups) to provide hands-on training to small businesses and vulnerable workers.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluations have proven them effective in saving lives and preventing injuries and illnesses.<\/li>\n<li>The program is tiny: less than $11 million, or\u00a0\u00a00.0002 percent of the overall budget<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>No poison pill riders that would block worker safety protections or rights. No riders on silica, injury reporting and anti-retaliation protections.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Silica\n<ul>\n<li>Silica causes cancer and serious lung disease.<\/li>\n<li>About 2.3 million workers are exposed to silica in their workplaces, including 2 million construction workers<\/li>\n<li>The Silica standard was issued a year ago and will save over 600 lives and prevent more than 900 new cases of silicosis each year.<\/li>\n<li>Many employers are already implementing the requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Injury Reporting and anti-retaliation\n<ul>\n<li>OSHA has <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/05\/17\/osha-delays-recordkeeping-standard\/\">delayed<\/a> until December when covered\u00a0employers would be required to send the summary of their workplace injury and illness logs to OSHA<\/li>\n<li>This information is important for workers and for employers to be able to compare their safety performance with other employers in their industry.<\/li>\n<li>OSHA may be reconsidering the parts of this regulation that forbid employers from retaliating against workers for reporting an injury or illness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who Do I Contact?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callmycongress.com\/\">Contact your Congressperson<\/a>. If you live in any of the districts represented by members of the Appropriations Committee, it is especially important that you contact your members.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/subcommittees\/subcommittee\/?IssueID=34777\">House of Representatives Labor, Health and Human Services and Related Agencies<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>Republicans<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Cole, Oklahoma, Chairman<\/li>\n<li>Mike Simpson, Idaho<\/li>\n<li>Steve Womack, Arkansas, Vice Chair<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Andy Harris, MD, Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Martha Roby, Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington<\/li>\n<li>John Moolenaar, Michigan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h4>Democrats<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut, Ranking Member<\/li>\n<li>Lucille Roybal-Allard, California<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Lee, California<\/li>\n<li>Mark Pocan, Wisconsin<\/li>\n<li>Katherine Clark, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t yet done so, it&#8217;s time to do so. And if you have done so, do it again: Contact your legislators about passing a budget that will protect workers.\u00a0 The House Appropriations Sub-Committee that deals with OSHA, MSHA and NIOSH is scheduled to mark up the FY 2018 Appropriations Bill on Thursday, July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,20,71,134,2,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget","category-csb","category-msha","category-niosh","category-osha","category-harwood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Time To Act: We Need A Budget That Protects Workers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Time to contact your Congressional Representative about passing a budget that protects workers. 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