1. * * 0 “PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS ACT” (PAWA) AND THE “SEVERE VIOLATOR ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM” (SVEP)

2. * * 0 PAWA UNIONS HAVE BEEN LOBBYING FOR PAWA SINCE 1975 ALL ATTEMPTS TO PASS THREATENED WITH VETO THROUGH 5 ADMINISTRATIONS SEEN AS TAKING MORE CONTROL OF PRIVATE BUSINESS

3. * * 0 PAWA SPONSORED BY AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AND LABOR TO INCREASE CONTROL OF BUSINESS AND TO INTIMIDATE OR SEVERELY PUNISH EMPLOYERS THOUGHT TO BE NONCOMPLIANT INITIATED BY CASS SUNSTEIN AND BLESSED BY SECRTARY OF LABOR

4. * * 0 DETAILS Protects More Workers Expands OSHA coverage to include state and local public employees and federal government workers CRIMINALIZES EMPLOYERS DOES NOT REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. (REGULATORY)

5. * * 0 DETAILS Requires OSHA to investigate all cases of death and serious injuries (i.e. incidents that result in the hospitalization of 2 or more employees

6. * * 0 DETAILS Codifies regulations that give workers the right to refuse to do hazardous work Clarifies that employees cannot be discriminated against for reporting injuries, illnesses or unsafe conditions, and brings the procedures for investigating and adjudicating discrimination complaints into line with whistle-blower laws (THIS MEANS MUCH HIGHER FINES)

7. * * 0 DETAILS Provides workers and employee representatives the right to contest OSHA’s failure to issue citations, classification of its citations, and proposed penalties. Gives injured workers, their families and families of workers who died in work-related incidents the right to meet with investigators, receive copies of citations, and to have an opportunity to make a statement before any settlement negotiations.

8. * * 0 DETAILS Allows felony prosecutions against employers who commit willful violations that result in death or serious bodily injury, and extends such penalties to responsible corporate officers. IDENTIFIES (AGENTS OF THE COMPANY) CFO, CEO, SUPERVISORS AND FOREMAN FOR PROSECUTION

9. * * 0 DETAILS INCREASES PENALTIES FROM $125,000 TO $250,000 FROM $70,000 MAX WILLFUL INCREASES PRISON TIME FROM 6 MONTHS TO 10 YEARS (20 years under certain circumstances) MISDEMEANOR TO FELONY

10. * * 0 DETAILS Allows any worker or their representative to object to a modification or withdrawal of a citation, and entitles WORKER to a hearing before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

11. * * 0 DETAILS OTHER THAN SERIOUS $5000 TO $8000 SERIOUS $7000 TO $12000 DEATH CASES RESULTING IN SERIOUS VIOLATIONS INCREASES TO $50,000 EACH

12. * * 0 DETAILS Another proposed change would alter the definition of employer (who could be subject to criminal penalties) from “any responsible corporate officer” to an “officer or director.” PAWA attempts to broaden this definition so high-level officials (individuals) who act criminally in OSHA’s view can be prosecuted by the DOJ.

13. * * 0 DETAILS VICTIMS AND FAMILIES MUST BE NOTIFIED OF ANY CHANGES BEFORE THEY BECOME FINAL AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTEST

14. * * 0 CURRENT QUOTES ”16 Deaths Per Day' Highlights Weak Penalties for Worker Fatalities “

15. * * 0 HYSTERICAL QUOTES Worker deaths show it's time to update OSHA ! “ HOWEVER, TOO MANY WORKERS ARE STILL DYING, GETTING INJURED OR BECOME ILL BY WORKING IN UNSAFE AND UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS. THE PROTECTING AMERICA’S WORKERS ACT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO ENSURE THAT OSHA CAN FULFILL ITS DUTY ENFORCE SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKPLACES FOR ALL AMERICAN WORKERS”

16. * * 0 HYSTERICAL QUOTES “In Today's Workplace, Workplace Deaths are An Epidemic” “Employers are ignoring safety requirements and killing their employees just to save money”

17. * * 0 MY THOUGHTS MUCH MORE POWER AND CONTROL OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS SHAKEDOWN OF GOOD EMPLOYERS THAT EXPERIENCE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE AT-RISK BEHAVIOR IS EMPLOYERS FAULT

18. * * 0 MY THOUGHTS ACCIDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF EFFORTS BY EMPLOYERS INDIVIDUAL AT-RISK BEHAVIOR IS THE NUMBER 1 CAUSE OF TODAYS DEATHS AND INJURIES

19. * * 0 CASE IN POINT WORKER (FOREMAN) IS TRAINED TO USE TRENCH BOX. ELECTS TO NOT USE IT TO SAVE TIME. WORKER HAS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE TRAINING TRENCH COLLAPSES, DEATH OCCURS AND OSHA INVESTIGATES. CITATIONS ARE ISSUED AS WILLFUL FOR LACK OF “ADEQUATE” TRAINING EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE TRAINED AND RETRAINED.

20. * * 0 ACTUAL CASE OSHA DETERMINED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FOREMAN WAS HIGHLY TRAINED, THE TRAINING WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH BECAUSE THE FOREMAN COMMITTED A VIOLATION AND THERE WAS NO RECORD OF DISCIPLINE FROM THE PAST. IF THERE IS A BODY THERE WILL BE A CITATION ISSUED REGARDLESS OF THE FACTS

21. * * 0 MY THOUGHTS WE ARE NOT PAYING CLOSE ENOUGH ATTENTION TO WHAT OCCURS DURING AN INSPECTION AND ESPECIALLY WHEN AN ACCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED SITE SUPERVISORS NOT PREPARED OR TOLD WHAT TO DO WHEN OSHA SHOWS UP NEED TO WORK SMARTER

22. * * 0 MY THOUGHTS OSHA BELIEVES THAT CRIMINALIZING ALL SAFETY-RELATED WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS WILL REDUCE THE HUMAN PROPENSITY TO TAKE RISKS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! SUPERVISORS MUST BE RETRAINED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND SMARTER

23. * * 0 SAFETY DIRECTORS AND INSPECTORS CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE USUALLY NOT TAKEN TO CIVIL COURT EXCEPT WHEN WORKING AS CONSULTANTS THEN NOT AS INDIVIDUALS SAFETY DIRECTORS MUST BE GIVEN UNILATERAL AUTHORITY FOR SAFETY MUST ONLY REPORT TO THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY

24. * * 0 “SEVERE VIOLATOR ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM” HIGH EMPHASIS HAZARDS ARE TARGETED “INCLUDES FALL PROTECTION, CONFINED SPACES AND ELECTRICAL- RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS LOTO AND “LOW VOLTAGE WORK AND EXCAVATING”

25. * * 0 SVEP WILL CONCENTRATE ON EMPLOYERS THAT DEMONSTRATE “INDIFFERENCE TO SAFETY” INDIFFERENCE TRANSLATES TO A CSHO’S DETERMINATION OF AN EMPLOYERS WILLFULNESS OR REPEATED VIOLATIONS

26. * * 0 SVEP CSHO’S WILL ALSO USE THE TERM “HEIGHTENED AWARENESS” TO JUSTIFY THE SVEP PROGRAM. IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY CATCH YOU ONCE AND THEN CATCH YOU AGAIN, YOU ARE RECALCITRANT AND YOU ARE A REPEAT VIOLATOR SUBJECT TO SVEP

27. * * 0 SVEP WILL APPLY TO ALL EMPLOYERS LOCATIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES

28. * * 0 SVEP CRITERIA ONE OR MORE WILLFUL/REPEATED VIOLATIONS WHERE A FATALITY HAS OCCURRED OR WHERE TWO OR MORE PERSONS ARE HOSPITALIZED WHERE A FATALITY HAS NOT OCCURRED BUT THE EMPLOYER IS ENGAGED IN A TARGETED OCCUPATION AND THERE ARE 2 OR MORE WILLFUL/REPEATED VIOLATIONS THEY WILL BE SVEP

29. * * 0 SVEP CRITERIA WHERE 3 OR MORE WILLFUL/REPEATED ”HIGH GRAVITY” VIOLATIONS ARE OBSERVED SVEP APPLIES

30. * * 0 SVEP CRITERIA NONFATAL INSPECTION OF A BUSINESS RESULTS IN ONE HIGH GRAVITY WILLFUL CITATION AND ONE LOW GRAVITY WILLFUL CITATION. THIS EMPLOYER WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED FOR SVEP THEREFORE THE CSHO HAS AN INCENTIVE TO CLASSIFY ALL WILLFUL CITATIONS AS HIGH GRAVITY

31. * * 0 SVEP CRITERIA ALL LOTO AND ELECTRICAL VIOLATIONS ARE CONSIDERED AS HIGH GRAVITY VIOLATIONS AND WILL LIKELY BE CITED AS ‘WILLFUL” CITATIONS MUST CONSIDER ALL SOURCES OF ENERGY, GRAVITY, PNEUMATIC, ELECTRICAL, HYDRAULIC ETC

32. * * 0 SVEP CRITERIA CONFINED SPACE ENTRY MACHINE GUARDING WHERE AMPUTATIONS ARE THE OUTCOME OF FAILING TO GUARD MACHINED GUARDING IS TARGETED

33. * * 0 SVEP PROCEDURES FOR OSHA ALL SVEP VIOLATORS WILL BE REPORTED TO THE REGIONAL OFFICE FOR TRACKING AND FREQUENT MANDATORY FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS WHERE SVEP IS INITIATED AGAINST AN EMPLOYER OSHA BELIEVES THAT ALL LOCATIONS OF THAT EMPLOYER ARE RECALCITRANT AND WILL BE INSPECTED

34. * * 0 SVEP PROCEDURES FOR OSHA OSHA WILL USE NATIONWIDE TRACKING METHODS THROUGH THE DODGE REPORTING SYSTEM, FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS AND “OTHER” METHODS TO IDENTIFY AND TRACK DOWN SVEP EMPLOYERS IF A JOBSITE HAS FINISHED AND A F/UP INSPECTION HAS NOT BEEN DONE THEN THE NEXT JOBSITE WILL BE INSPECTED UNDER SVEP

35. * * 0 SVEP PROCEDURES FOR OSHA SVEP EMPLOYERS WILL HAVE HIGH PRIORITY NEXT TO FATALITY INSPECTIONS UNIONS WILL BE SENT COPIES OF ALL CITATIONS AND WILL BE INVOLVED IN ANY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND OSHA MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF CITATIONS

36. * * 0 SVEP PROCEDURES FOR OSHA FOR SVEP FATALITY MATTERS THE VICTIMS FAMILY WILL PARTICIPATE IN ANY NEGOTIATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT

37. * * 0 SVEP PROCEDURES FOR OSHA CFO’S AND CEO’S WILL BE TARGETED FOR PRISON TIME FROM 10 TO 20 YEARS FOR FATAL ACCIDENTS THAT RESULT IN SVEP ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS INCLUDES FOREMEN AND OTHER SUPERVISORS

38. * * 0 SVEP SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS EMPLOYER MUST HIRE AN OUTSIDE SAFETY PROFESSIONAL TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM EXPERT MUST DEVELOP SITE SPECIFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR EACH FUTURE SITE AND PROVIDE SAME TO OSHA FOR EVALUATION

39. * * 0 ADDITIONAL SVEP POTENTIALS A FEDERAL COURT MAY ISSUE A COURT MANDATED ORDER (ALONG WITH A LOT OF PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS) THAT AN EMPLOYER “SHALL” COMPLY WITH FEDERAL OSHA STANDARDS EVEN THOUGH THE EMPLOYER IS COMPLYING WITH THE SVEP PROGRAM.

40. * * 0 SVEP DANGERS CSHO’S MAKE MOST OF THE DECISIONS UNDER SVEP CSHO’S CAN REQUEST THAT AN SVEP VIOLATOR’S CORPORATE STRUCTURE BE INVESTIGATED. THIS INCLUDES INVOLVING OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE THE IRS, IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY NATIONAL INSPECTIONS

41. * * 0 SVEP DANGERS CSHO’S, (INCLUDING LESS THAN COMPETENT INSPECTORS) WILL HAVE INCREDIBLY BROAD POWERS THE EMPLOYERS FATE WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF POORLY TRAINED OVERZEALOUS INSPECTORS FINES WILL RANGE FROM $250,000 TO $500,000 AND HIGHER

42. * * 0 SVEP DANGERS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ENJOY A NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE

43. * * 0 GETTING CLOSE TO END RECORD, PHOTOGRAPH, VIDEO TAPE AND TAKE NOTES OF EVERYTHING THAT OCCURS ESTABLISH CLEARLY COMMUNICATED WORK RULES DISCIPLINE NOW AND KEEP RECORDS

44. * * 0 SVEP ESTABLISH AN OSHA INSPECTION PROTOCOL REGARDING WHAT TO DO WHEN OSHA SHOWS UP. THIS MUST BE STEP BY STEP DO NOT ALLOW START OF INSPECTION UNTIL YOU HAVE COUNSEL OR QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES AT THE SITE

45. * * 0 SVEP THERE WILL BE NO RELIEF AT INFORMAL CONFERENCES AFTER AN SVEP INSPECTION. DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME!

46. * * 0 SVEP LEARN TO “TAKE NO PRISONERS” WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEES VIOLATING YOUR WORK RULES. ADOPT A ZERO TOLERANCE SAFETY POLICY AND ADVISE YOUR EMPLOYEES OF THE POLICY. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO JUST WARN AN EMPLOYEE ABOUT VIOLATING SAFETY POLICIES

47. * * 0 THE END