Bush Administration Policies Making Work Less Safe布什政府的政策，使工作更不安全
By通過 Leo W. Gerard利奧瓦特熱拉爾 | In the heart of Pennsylvania, while the media still relentlessly plagued Senators Obama and Clinton about flag pins and memory lapses just before the primary, a machine at an ArcelorMital plant in Steelton crushed Roger H. Prichard to death. |在心臟，賓夕法尼亞州，而媒體依然無情地困擾參議員奧巴馬和克林頓總統關於國旗旗桿的記憶失誤，只是前小學，一台機器在一arcelormital植物在斯蒂爾頓粉碎，陸觀每小時prichard死刑。 He was 58.他是58 。
It was April 18, three days before the Pennsylvania primary.這是4月18日， 3天前賓夕法尼亞州的小學。 It occurred just five days after piping crushed Jaren T. Hoover to death at the Dura-Bond Pipe factory, also in Steelton.它發生在五天後，管湧粉碎jaren湯匙，胡佛死在硬腦膜-債券管的工廠，也是在斯蒂爾頓。 He was 19.他是19 。
Life went on.生活中去。 Jaren’s father, a Pennsylvania common pleas judge, found dozens of his son’s friends at the funeral, mourning, and doing what kids do now, which is post memorials on MySpace. jaren的父親，賓夕法尼亞州的共同請求法官，發現幾十個，他的兒子的朋友的葬禮，悼念，並做孩子們現在要做的，這是郵政紀念館在MySpace上。 Roger Prichard’s wife told a local reporter that her husband was a good father and husband and loving person, before she was too overcome to continue speaking.陸觀prichard的妻子告訴當地記者，她的丈夫是一個很好的父親和丈夫，愛的人，之前她也克服繼續發言。 His grandchildren will never get to know him.他的孫子們絕不會去了解他。
As the presidential candidates are repeatedly forced to focus on the frivolous — whether Hillary faked crying or laughed too loud or whether Obama once served on a board of directors with an unsavory character — real issues like federal enforcement of workplace safety are completely ignored.作為總統候選人是一再被迫集中於無聊的-無論是希拉里偽造哭或笑太大了，還是奧巴馬曾服務於董事局一u nsavory性格-真正的問題一樣，聯邦執法工作場所的安全是完全被忽略。
Monday, April 28, however, is one day set aside to concentrate on saving workers’ lives.週一， 4月28日，不過，一天撥出集中於節省工人的生命。 It is Workers Memorial Day.這是工人的陣亡將士紀念日。 It is an occasion on which we mourn the dead and strive for better conditions for the living.這是一個場合上，我們悼念死者，並爭取更好的條件的生活。
Under the Bush Administration, this has been nothing but a struggle.根據布什政府，這一直是只不過是一個鬥爭。
Here’sa telling statistic: the number of workplace deaths increased from 2005 to 2006, the last full year for which figures are available.以下是告訴統計：有多少工作場所的死亡人數增加，從2005年到2006年，去年全年，其中數字可查。 By 106. 106 。 The total for 2005 was 5,734 dead in the US The next year, it rose to 5,840.總數為2005年的5734人死亡，在美國在未來一年，上升到5840 。
During the six years of the Bush administration for which there are statistics, the number of deaths rose four times.在六年的布什政府，其中有統計，死亡人數上升4倍。 The deaths climbed so high from 2003 to 2004 that the rate actually increased, the first time that has occurred — during either a Republican or a Democratic administration — since 1970 when Congress passed the act creating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to improve workplace safety.死亡爬上那麼高，從2003年到2004年，該利率實際上增加了，還是第一次發生了-在無論是共和黨或民主黨政府-自1 9 70年以來，當國會通過該法案創造了職業安全和健康管理局（奧沙），以改善工作場所的安全。
Each day in 2006, 16 workers died on the job.每一天在2006年， 16工人死亡，對就業。 This was not from heart attacks or strokes.這是不是從心髒病發作或中風。 This was from traumatic workplace injuries — because they suffocated when pits they were digging collapsed with sides not properly shored up, or because they plummeted from construction sites lacking safety gear to stop the fall, or because dust that should not have been accumulating in the factory air exploded.這是由外傷性工作場所受傷-因為他們窒息，當他們被坑挖倒塌與雙方沒有妥善增強了，或是因為它們大幅下跌，從建築地盤缺乏安全齒輪停止下降，或因粉塵不應該已經積累了在工廠空中爆炸。
Workplace safety has the same problem as car safety.工作場所的安全也有同樣的問題，作為汽車安全。 No one much pays attention to individuals like Jaren T. Hoover and Roger H. Prichard, just like they don’t pay much attention to single car accidents killing a person here and there on the highway.沒有人多注重個人一樣， jaren湯匙，胡佛和Roger每小時prichard ，就像他們不重視單一車禍殺害一個人在這裡和那裡在高速公路上。 The public does notice, however, when a plane crashes or when a crane topples over in Manhattan, killing six construction workers all at once, or when a disaster in a mine in West Virginia suffocates 12 Sago workers.市民是否通知，然而，當飛機墜毀或者當一個起重機topples超過在曼哈頓，炸死6名建築工人全部一次，或者當一個災難，在一個沒有地雷的西弗吉尼亞州窒息12薩戈工人。
Unfortunately, the vast majority of deaths occur one-by-one, and so, in the resulting lack of public outrage and uproar afterward, the Bush Administration has, over the past seven years, managed to de-fund OSHA, the agency responsible for keeping workers safe and dismantle its regulation structure.不幸的是，絕大多數的死亡發生在一個一個，所以，在導致缺乏公眾的憤怒和嘩然，隨後，布什政府已，在過去七年，管理，以德-基金職業安全與衛生署，該機構負責保持工人的安全和拆除其規管架構。
Since George W. Bush took office and decided that a policy of government and business cooperating like good ‘ole boys to enforce rules should replace the former inspection structure, OSHA’s budget has been cut by $25 million and its staff by nearly 200 positions.自布什政府上台辦公室，並決定政策的政府和商界合作，像良好』的OLE男孩執行規則應取代前檢查結構，職業安全與衛生署的預算已經削減了2500萬美元和其工作人員由近200個職位。
A report by the AFL-CIO Safety and Health Office, called, “Death on the Job, The Toll of Neglect” calculates that with OSHA’s current number of inspectors, it would take the agency 133 years to examine each workplace under its jurisdiction just once.一份報告，由勞聯-產聯的安全和健康辦公室，所謂的“死亡對就業，收費的忽視”的計算，與職業安全與衛生署目前的督察人數，它將採取機構1 33年才能逐一研究工作在其管轄下的只有一次。 So don’t expect OSHA to show up to check your employer real soon, no matter how bad things are.因此，不要指望奧沙顯示，以檢查您的雇主真正的很快，無論多麼壞的事情。
The report puts the situation this way: “When it comes to job safety enforcement and coverage, it is clear that OSHA lacks sufficient resources to protect workers adequately.”該報告提出的情況，這樣說： “當談到工作安全執法和覆蓋面，這是明確表示，職業安全與衛生署缺乏足夠的資源來保護工人的充分” 。
Well, surely then, when something happens, like a workplace crushing death, OSHA responds by smacking down the recalcitrant employer with a big fine to get them in line, right?以及，當然，然後，當有事，就像一個工作場所的破碎死亡，職業安全與衛生署回應smacking下來，桀驁不馴的雇主與一個大的罰款，讓他們在路線，對不對？ Wrong.錯誤的。
In 2007, serious violations of the act — an infraction is deemed serious if it poses a substantial probability of death or major physical harm — carried an average fine of $909.在2007年，嚴重違反該法律的行為-一違規行為被認為是嚴重的，如果它構成了實質性的概率死亡或重大身體傷害-進行平均罰款90 9美元。
For a fatality, the average penalty was $10,133.一個死亡，平均刑罰是10133美元。 And that number is unusually high.這個數字是異常的高。 In the previous four years, the fines averaged $6,100.在過去的四年，罰款額平均6100美元。 The AFL-CIO report authors expect the 2007 number to shrink after companies successfully appeal larger fines levied against them.該勞聯-產聯的報告作者預計2 007年編號，以收縮後，公司成功上訴較大的罰款，徵收對付他們。
Barring good use of inspections and fines, there’s another enforcement tool that could keep workers safe.禁止利用好檢查和罰款，還有一個執法的工具，可以維持工人的安全。 That would be criminally prosecuting employers whose engage in egregious behavior, like removing or disabling safety devices on dangerous equipment.這將是刑事檢控雇主，其從事在惡劣的行為，如移除或停用安全裝置，對危險設備。
In Canada, workers will toll a bell during their Workers Memorial Day commemorations for Steve L’Ecuyer, a 23-year-old crushed to death by a machine after his employer, Transpave, Inc. deliberately disabled a safety device intended to prevent such an accident.在加拿大，工人將收費鐘期間，他們的工人陣亡將士紀念日的紀念活動，為史蒂夫l' ecuyer ，一個23歲的壓死由一台機器後，他的雇主， transpave ，公司故意殘疾人士的安全裝置以防止這些一意外。 There, Transpave was found criminally negligent and fined $110,000.在那裡， transpave被發現刑事責任的疏忽而被定罪及罰款十一點○○○萬美元。
Here, the Department of Labor referred ten cases to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution in 2007.在這裡，該部勞動提到一〇案件向司法部進行刑事起訴在2007年。 The number is limited because the kinds of cases are restricted under current US law.數目是有限的，因為該種情況下是受限制下，目前的美國法律。 They may only be instances in which Labor found that an employer’s willful violation of regulation resulted in a worker’s death or where false statements were made.他們可能只是個實例中，勞動力發現，有一個雇主的意志，違反規例，導致一名工人死亡，或虛假陳述發了言。 If there’sa conviction, the penalties are also limited — a maximum of six months in jail.如果有定罪，刑罰也只限於-最長為6個月的監禁。
Even so, the Justice Department has taken action on none of the referred cases.即便如此，美國司法部已採取行動，就沒有轉介的個案。
Not one.沒有一個。
No wonder 106 more people failed to come home from work in 2006 than in 2005.怪不得106更多的人沒有回家，從工作在2006年比2005年。
Work is less safe.工作是更不安全。 Monday is the day to protest that.週一是天，以抗議。 It is the day to demand safety in the names of Roger H. Prichard and Jaren T. Hoover and all of the others who did not come home.這是一天的需求，在安全的名稱，陸觀每小時prichard和jaren湯匙，胡佛公司和所有的其他人誰沒有回家。
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