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83. AND, SERIOUSLY !!! ** OSHA lacks enforcement (slips trips falls occupations); Overexertion??

Fri Apr 26, 2019, 05:12 PM

Apr 2019

Before I even got to cops being #14 on the list, I was shaking my head that the many of the occupations listed involved high fatalities due to highly preventable situations. Sure "standards" (regulations) may technically have gotten more strict over the years, BUT OSHA enforcement is clearly not doing its job.

Police, fire, and other emergency responders SHOULD be among the most hazardous occupations. They are going into unpredictable situations where time is of the essence. Tragedies will happen. Roofers, on the other hand?? Not so much. Sure, it will happen that a structure is unexpectedly unsafe, or someone simply makes a mistake. But if the fatalities are that high, either someone isn't routinely following safety precautions, or there need to be better check protocols in place.

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You have got to be fucking kidding me... [View all] MrScorpio Apr 2019 OP

85,000 FM123 Apr 2019 #1

85000 is a lower bound...the actual number is probably much higher. nt Lucky Luciano Apr 2019 #56

Yup Those are just the ones that got c caught LiberalLovinLug Apr 2019 #80

Uniforms do not a hero make . . . Rambling Man Apr 2019 #2

Sometimes they do the opposite DBoon Apr 2019 #54

Make a standard for hiring and conduct and stick to them or fines paid via cops retirement and uponit7771 Apr 2019 #3

We've been waiting for years for something like this data base, great post! marble falls Apr 2019 #4

Agreed Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #12

3,145 allegations of sexual misconduct!!! WTH??? spicysista Apr 2019 #5

Kick dalton99a Apr 2019 #6

Cops protect bad cops! The Blue wall! Nt USALiberal Apr 2019 #7

They're are well known to look the other way when they know a man is beating his wife and or kids. Texin Apr 2019 #25

And their union is so powerful that it's almost impossible to fire a bad cop. nt tblue37 Apr 2019 #28

"Good" cops. tazkcmo Apr 2019 #43

No. A HERETIC I AM Apr 2019 #50

Not true mahina Apr 2019 #77

When cops get caught doing wrong, moreland01 Apr 2019 #8

Cop apologists always use the "one bad apple" excuse sop Apr 2019 #16

I happen to believe the majority of police officers are good people True Dough Apr 2019 #20

I read a piece by a former police officer who said... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2019 #48

I'd be a lot more convinced Mariana Apr 2019 #64

Oh, I agree A HERETIC I AM Apr 2019 #69

It depends on the police department some are corrupt to their core JonLP24 Apr 2019 #68

"I don't know what the total number of cops is in this country" EX500rider Apr 2019 #70

No cop is any better than the worst officer they cover for The Mouth Apr 2019 #79

Ay least some of this misconduct ... Odoreida Apr 2019 #9

+Remember when trump said he wished cops would rough up people they arrested ? As if lunasun Apr 2019 #17

It sounded weird coming from a crime boss. CaptYossarian Apr 2019 #21

How so? Maybe I'm more cynical, but you know ... Odoreida Apr 2019 #33

True. We're back to Hitler's Brown Shirts--without the benefit of a DeLorean or a flux capacitor. CaptYossarian Apr 2019 #46

Yes, it's bad cops, but it's more about using the police and our criminal justice system to solve... Yavin4 Apr 2019 #10

Yavin4, that is the golden truth. DemocracyMouse Apr 2019 #32

Exactly. The conditions that cops have to work under attracts a certain element to the job. Yavin4 Apr 2019 #36

And in addition to paying teachers less than plumbers... DemocracyMouse Apr 2019 #47

We've reduced education to a series of standardized tests which advatange certain learning abilities Yavin4 Apr 2019 #65

Agreed - good point. c-rational Apr 2019 #39

Bad cops. Who knew? mountain grammy Apr 2019 #11

I applaud USA Today and the Invisible Institute for doing the heavy lifting... harumph Apr 2019 #13

Those are only the ones we know about. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #14

Until recently the info was never available FakeNoose Apr 2019 #26

Yup. But how much else was unreported, undiscovered, covered up, never investigated? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #27

The Guardian did a series a couple of years ago mountain grammy Apr 2019 #41

Excessive force number seems WAY low. liberalnarb Apr 2019 #15

Rec this post and the research published. Required reading lunasun Apr 2019 #18

if lori lightfoot doesnt fire at least a dozen cops on her first day, mopinko Apr 2019 #19

Set higher standards AND pay more. (like teachers, in some places) MH1 Apr 2019 #22

Many are low pay, but some places pay pretty well. mackdaddy Apr 2019 #49

Interesting, thanks. The 150K jobs should have high standards. MH1 Apr 2019 #67

cops around here make extra.. stillcool Apr 2019 #63

I'm not blaming behavior on low pay. I'm saying hire more selectively in the first place. MH1 Apr 2019 #66

they don't even make the top 25 stillcool Apr 2019 #76

Yes, ACTUALLY, they are #14 - right there in the article you posted. (USA Today article) MH1 Apr 2019 #82

AND, SERIOUSLY !!! ** OSHA lacks enforcement (slips trips falls occupations); Overexertion?? MH1 Apr 2019 #83

compund this by decades . this has been ongoing for years AllaN01Bear Apr 2019 #23

I am not besmirching people who have served in the armed services. boston bean Apr 2019 #24

"Going postal" bitterross Apr 2019 #31

The militarization of the law enforcement organizations is a real problem... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #38

I'm FOR Unions in general. But I'd like the Police Unions squashed bitterross Apr 2019 #29

Wow! Quemado Apr 2019 #30

Serpico... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #34

85,000 compared to what? GetRidOfThem Apr 2019 #35

Article stated less than 10% Duppers Apr 2019 #44

85000 in a decade... Takket Apr 2019 #37

Or 1 per 38,824 people per year? I'm thinking Hortensis Apr 2019 #73

Wow! Thank You, MrS. Duppers Apr 2019 #40

Jeff Sessions: nothing to see here folks.. mountain grammy Apr 2019 #42

Damn!! Thanks for this... Duppers Apr 2019 #45

Wait, is William Barr or Jeff Sessions on the list? 33taw Apr 2019 #51

Occupations where one has power & authority over others CrispyQ Apr 2019 #52

Hang on. . . matt819 Apr 2019 #53

Sheesh Faux pas Apr 2019 #55

And the Boys Scouts had a running "Perversion File" underpants Apr 2019 #57

100% agree. We need to do this for all public servants. Cops, teachers, firefighters, etc. MadDAsHell Apr 2019 #58

They let their buddies drive drunk shanti Apr 2019 #59

Yes. Certain jurisdictions can't seem to find this info on their new hires. librechik Apr 2019 #60

Kick Hekate Apr 2019 #61

Claims of misconduct aren't necessarily indicative of misconduct. Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #62

Look also at a series of articles ProPublica has published over the years. erronis Apr 2019 #71

Ex-Florida policeman gets 25 years in prison for killing black motorist erronis Apr 2019 #72

looks like those few "bad apples" have been busy spoiling the bunch - n/t Locrian Apr 2019 #74

Kick! Kind of Blue Apr 2019 #75

HOWDY MrScorpio Skittles Apr 2019 #78

This is good - people are afraid to go to cops IndyOp Apr 2019 #81