Dear OSHA, a worker died on the job at Walmart (not a peep out of you)

[Omaha Steve]

I guess ELAINE L. CHAO took the 4 days off and didn't see any news. An on the job death must be investigated by OSHA by law.

http://www.osha.gov/

[valerief]

1. Only in civilized countries. This is America, a backwater feudal state. nt

[acmavm]

2. OSHA is just another government agency sucking up funding for doing

nothing.

[hlthe2b]

3. Actually, don't both California and NY have their own state version

of OSHA? If so (and I am pretty sure that is true), they likely have primacy over this unless they request Federal assistance...:shrug:

[JDPriestly]

4. Omaha Steve

Thanks for the posts on the problems with OSHA. Americans have no idea . . . .

[exboyfil]

5. Why should OSHA comment until

more information is available...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aviWbQ4bOa1w&refer=home
November 28th
"OSHA sent an inspector to the store this morning to investigate the incident, said Ted Fitzgerald, a Boston-based spokesman for the agency. The New York Labor Department and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. "

[Omaha Steve]

6. Thank you

I hadn't seen that they had gone to the store. I post OSHA stories a couple times a week. It is normal for the press to report the start of investigations when a death occurs. I thought with the high profile of this instance, I would have found something in the press in it.