Workers at Risk: The Failed Promise of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Abstract

OSHA's Failed Promise The Plight of America's Workers Regulatory Failure and Reform OSHA's History The Nixon/Ford Years: Inauspicious Beginnings The Carter Years: OSHA on the Move The Reagan Years: Going Backward The Reagan Years: Inching Forward The Reagan Years: Killing Time The Reagan Years: Tying Up Loose Ends The Reagan Years: New Initiatives The Reagan Years: Weakening Enforcement The Bush Years: An Identity Crisis Internal Reforms: Better Management for OSHA Making OSHA More Efficient: Setting Priorities and Eliminating Bottlenecks More Bang for the Buck: Alternative Methods of Regulation and Implementation Ensuring Compliance: The Puzzle of Enforcement External Reforms: Who Is in Charge? The President's Role: OSHA OSHRC's Role: The Failure of the Split-Enforcement Arrangement The Court's Role: Judicial Review and OSHA External Reforms: Changing OSHA's Mandate OSHA and Overregulation: Should Cost-Benefit Analysis Apply? Economics and OSHA: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Underregulation Modeling EPA: A New Mandate for OSHA External Reforms: Empowering Workers Lighting a Fire: When OSHA Is a Reluctant Regulator Empowering Workers: Enforcing the OSH Act Empowering Workers: Rethinking Employment Relationships Selected Bibliography Index