Word: osha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard must comply with federal safety regulations established by the Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the University's Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHS) is responsible for making sure that these rules...
...certainly do all we can to abide by those [OSHA regulations]," says Thomas E. Vautin, Harvard's administrative director of operations. "From what I've seen, the system is pretty responsive...
...many employees of the University disagree. They believe that Harvard is more concerned with meeting the bare minimum of OSHA regulations than with answering worker complaints. While EHS has a good reputation among staff members, employees contend that Harvard's budget priorities keep EHS from doing its job as effectively as it should. Furthermore, employees say that many supervisors in the University laboratories take a "cavalier" attitude towards worker safety...
...controversy erupts over dangerous working conditions in the Capitol's mail-folding room, where newsletters are processed. Congress does not fall under the occupational safety and health (OSHA) regulations that bedevil other employers...
...OSHA's rules will remain ineffective until they are backed by prosecutorial zeal and judicial commitment. Since Reagan took office, the Justice Department has brought to trial only one of the 24 cases OSHA has recommended for prosecution. Although laws provide for prison sentences of up to six months, "nobody has ever gone to jail for violating safety standards," says Joseph Kinney, director of the Chicago-based National Safe Workplace Institute. He adds, "A stretch in the slammer could have a powerful deterrent effect...