Kalmanovitz practitioner fellow Debbie Berkowitz warns Recent OSHA decision could send the message “OSHA is giving employers a pass” when workers are “seriously injured” | TIME Magazine

Debbie Berkowitz, a former OSHA adviser who is now a fellow at Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, reviewed the OSHA file for the DPR Construction incident and told TIME it was “highly unusual for OSHA to vacate a citation, especially when the settlement agreement confirms there was a hazard that the company agreed to abate.”

“This could send a signal to employers in dangerous industries like construction that OSHA is giving employers a pass when safety violations are found—even when a worker is seriously injured,” Berkowitz says.