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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
Safety mandates that don't originate out of the employers and employees acting on choice make workers less safe.
Not sure about that.
If you're working with a highly corrosive acid, then it might not be bad for anyone if there were some kind of rule that requires your employer to maintain an up-to-date library of MSDS's and keep it prominently located in the shop.
I've worked in some places with some pretty nasty stuff. They all had eye-wash stations. However, in my 20+ year career, I've never actually seen anyone use an eye wash station. So it seems plausible that some corner-cutting company might just skip that purchase. It's highly plausible that a prospective employee would never think to ask about that. It only becomes a problem when there's a real fucking problem. An ounce of gov't regulation can save 100 lbs of eyeballs. So I'm not seeing how you can say that people would be more safe without that gov't regulation.
Also, it's not just employees and employers that have to be considered. Imagine a truck driver sitting behind the wheel for 90 hours a week. Maybe he likes the overtime, and maybe the employer is willing to pay it because the freight just has to get delivered. But if you're driving with your family, do you wanna be on the same road as that 90hr trucker?
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