{"id":3024,"date":"2018-03-28T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2018-03-28T15:11:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:11:07","slug":"osha-workplace-safety-budget-preserved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/03\/28\/osha-workplace-safety-budget-preserved\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace Safety: What Didn&#8217;t Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-369 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/30822707756_616ba66395_z-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Budget and OSHA  Workplace Safety\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/30822707756_616ba66395_z-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/30822707756_616ba66395_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I&#8217;m back after a couple of weeks of travel and instead of focusing about what happened over the last couple of week, what didn&#8217;t happen is probably more significant.<\/p>\n<h2>What Happened<\/h2>\n<p>Six months into Fiscal Year 2018, Congress finally passed the <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.house.gov\/billsthisweek\/20180319\/BILLS-115SAHR1625-RCP115-66.pdf\">FY 2018 budget<\/a>.\u00a0Congress essentially ignored the President&#8217;s request to slash worker safety and health programs.<\/p>\n<h2>What Didn&#8217;t Happen<\/h2>\n<p>OSHA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/dte\/sharwood\/\">Susan Harwood Worker Training Grant Program<\/a> was <em>not<\/em> eliminated. The Trump administration proposed to <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/category\/harwood\/\">eliminate<\/a> the $11 million program that provides lifesaving, hands-on training for vulnerable workers and employees of small businesses.\u00a0 The bill also requires OSHA to spend\u00a0$4.5 million on the Harwood program&#8217;s &#8220;Capacity Building&#8221; Developmental grants. These grants extend for up to four years and are intended to help organizations develop permanent capacity. Trump&#8217;s OSHA had eliminated these grants in last year&#8217;s grant round, replacing them with 1-year Targeted Training grants.\u00a0 The House had voted to eliminate the program, although the Senate voted to keep it and the Senate language was adopted in the final budget.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csb.gov\/\">Chemical Safety Board<\/a> was <em>not<\/em> eliminated.\u00a0 The CSB conducts\u00a0root cause analyses of chemical disasters and issues recommendations to government agencies like OSHA and EPA, as well as industry associations and labor unions.<\/p>\n<p>OSHA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/tag\/fy-2018-budget\/\">budget<\/a> was <em>not<\/em> slashed, nor was MSHA&#8217;s, although\u00a0the OSHA funding level remains below FY 2010, which has resulted in staff cuts in most of the OSHA programs.\u00a0 The House had <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/07\/18\/house-budget-devastates-osha-enforcement\/\">proposed<\/a> cutting\u00a0OSHA\u2019s enforcement budget by $13.5 million, or 6.5% below the FY 2017 budget<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/index.htm\">National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health<\/a> (NIOSH) was <em>not<\/em> slashed by 40% as Trump&#8217;s budget had proposed.<\/p>\n<p>The budget bill did <em>not<\/em> included language (riders) that would have prohibited implementation or enforcement of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">OSHA<\/span>&#8216;s 2016 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/news\/newsreleases\/national\/05112016\">electronic recordkeeping&#8221; rule<\/a> and a measure to block enforcement of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">OSHA<\/span>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/dsg\/topics\/silicacrystalline\/\">silica<\/a> standard, as some Republican members had wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurant servers will <em>not<\/em> have their tips stolen by management.\u00a0 As you may <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/02\/01\/gang-couldnt-deregulate-straight\/\">remember<\/a>, the Labor Department issued a &#8220;tip sharing&#8221; proposal without an economic analysis showing that tipped employees stood to lose billions of dollars from employer skimming tips from servers.\u00a0 The budget bill included language that would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nelp.org\/news-releases\/restaurant-workers-win-ownership-of-their-tips\/\">prohibit tip skimming<\/a> by restaurant employers.<\/p>\n<p>And, finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/category\/scott-mugno\/\">Scott Mugno<\/a> has <em>not<\/em> yet been confirmed by the Senate to head OSHA, leaving OSHA leaderless &#8212; over 14 months into the Administration.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h2>\n<p>None of this, of course, happened on its own. These victories were achieved because workers, unions and their representatives and supporting organizations made their voices heard and the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate stood strong in support of workers&#8217; rights.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/02\/15\/trumps-budget-undermines-worker-safety\/\">Trump&#8217;s FY 2019 budget<\/a> contains many of the same cuts &#8212; elimination of the Harwood Grants and the Chemical Safety Board, and again whacks NIOSH with a 40% cut. Coal mining enforcement is cut, and Trump is proposing to eliminate two labor-management OSHA Advisory Committees. So much for &#8220;cooperation over confrontation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, despite the fact that the fiscal year ends on September 30, there is no chance that a new budget will be approved before the November Congressional elections. And if the Democrats take over the House (and the Senate??), these proposed cuts will never see the light of day.<\/p>\n<p>So keep your eyes on the November elections, and when you&#8217;re talking to the candidates, make sure you discuss the importance of the safety and health budget and the need for strong enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back after a couple of weeks of travel and instead of focusing about what happened over the last couple of week, what didn&#8217;t happen is probably more significant. 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