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Andrew “Drew” Driskell, who suffered a dislocated left knee at Tesla, limps as he climbs the stairs of his home.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Photo by Paul Kuroda<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the first actions of the Republican Congress after Trump’s election was to repeal<\/a> OSHA’s recently issued “Volks Rule” that allowed the agency to cite companies for continuing failure to accurately record injuries and illnesses.<\/p>\n

Now an article by Will Evans at Reveal<\/a> shows how real workers are suffering because of automaker Tesla’s failure to record numerous serious injuries and how the company will likely get away with it because of the action of Congressional Republicans and Donald Trump, who signed<\/a> the repeal bill.<\/p>\n

Reveal published an article<\/a> earlier this year describing widespread health and safety problems at Tesla — and under recording of injuries and illnesses. The automaker had lots of excuses for not recording injuries they didn’t\u00a0require medical treatment until later on, or they received new medical records or other new information, etc., etc…<\/p>\n

But<\/p>\n

Andrew Driskell said none of those explanations would account for why his knee injury wasn\u2019t recorded in December.<\/p>\n

Driskell was working the night shift Dec. 18, putting an interior door panel on a Model S luxury sedan. It was his first day on that task, and no one had shown him how to position his body for it, he said.<\/p>\n

As he stood up, Driskell\u2019s foot got caught under the car as it moved down the assembly line, twisting his knee and dislocating his kneecap.<\/p>\n

\u201cI screamed like a little girl,\u201d said Driskell, a production associate since 2015. \u201cThe guys around me immediately ran to my side.\u201d<\/p>\n

His supervisor contacted security, and Tesla sent him to the emergency room, where he received pain medication and a hard leg brace, Driskell said. On Dec. 21, he visited Tesla\u2019s in-house health center, where a nurse filled out a Tesla Workers\u2019 Compensation Work Status Form, which stated that Driskell\u2019s injury prevented him from returning to work, according to medical records reviewed by Reveal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the documentation was there that I was on an injury that kept me away from work,\u201d he said. \u201cIt sounds like they recorded it later to fudge their numbers for the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

OSHA requires employers to keep a log of their employees injuries and illnesses for 5 years. That time period enabled OSHA to identify deliberate patterns of under reporting and to force changes, not just on those employers\u2019 recordkeeping practices, but on their unsafe work practices. Accurate records are the main way workers and employers can identify health and safety problems in the workplace, and correct them.<\/p>\n

These major recordkeeping violation cases were not just useless \u201cred tape\u201d or \u201cpaperwork.\u201d These cases led to major improvements in workplace safety and health in the auto, meatpacking, petrochemical and other industries. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the first 40 years of the agency’s existence, OSHA was able to consider that entire five year period a “continuing violation” and cite any violations during that entire period.\u00a0Throughout those years, \u00a0Republican and Democratic administrations have issued major citations for widespread recordkeeping violations. And these major recordkeeping cases were not just useless \u201cred tape\u201d or \u201cpaperwork.\u201d These cases led to major improvements in workplace safety and health in the auto, meatpacking, petrochemical and other industries. You can read about\u00a0a few examples here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2012, a court overturned OSHA\u2019s ability to cite 5 years back, but provided an option for the agency to issue a new rule explaining more clearly an employer\u2019s ongoing obligation to keep accurate records for five years: the Volks rule that Congress them repealed, essentially taking away OSHA’s ability to cite long-term patterns of under reporting and use those violations as leverage to force employers to address chronic health and safety problems.<\/p>\n

So, Tesla will likely get away with it. .<\/p>\n

Cal\/OSHA\u00a0opened an investigation<\/a>\u00a0into Tesla the day after Reveal\u2019s story published, saying it \u201ctakes seriously reports of workplace hazards and allegations of employers\u2019 underreporting recordable work-related injuries and illnesses.\u201d But the agency says it can\u2019t cite an employer more than six months after the injury should have been recorded.<\/p>\n

And it’s not just the bad companies, like Tesla, who are getting hurt by OSHA’s inability to cite these violations, according to former OSHA head David Michaels:<\/p>\n

\u201cLow-road employers \u2026 recognize that they could probably get away with incomplete recording of injuries because they\u2019re unlikely to get caught,\u201d said Michaels, currently a public health professor at The George Washington University. \u201cThat puts pressure on the ethical companies \u2026 because they have to compete with companies that are lying. So it starts a race to the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some members of Congress, like Rep.\u00a0Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Ca) are trying to change the law to allow OSHA to pursue chronic recordkeeping violators like Tesla.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to expand the period,\u201d said DeSaulnier, who co-sponsored a\u00a0bill<\/a>\u00a0to do so. \u201cIf an injury happened eight months ago and they didn\u2019t report it, and it just got discovered this week, nothing\u2019s going to happen with it. And that\u2019s not right.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0legislation<\/a>\u00a0stalled in the Republican-controlled Congress, but California state legislators should take it up, DeSaulnier said.<\/p>\n

California, which runs it’s own state OSHA program, is not required to follow OSHA’s lead in this case, althouth CalOSHA has chosen to do so. Some state legislators are looking into changing California’s law.<\/p>\n

And, of course, a change in who controls the US Congress might help as well.<\/p>\n

Just sayin’.<\/p>\n

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