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Rush Holt: “We went from a time of worker beware and no standards to voluntary compliance and rather weak sanctions so that OSHA…”

On the recordApril 27, 2009
We went from a time of worker beware and no standards to voluntary compliance and rather weak sanctions so that OSHA compliance becomes a cost of doing business.
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Rush Holt
New Jersey

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Holt reflects on the evolution of OSHA compliance standards.

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