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AlienPrimate5/13/2016, 11:33:41 PM2 votes

I don't really want to discuss this on a gaming forum but this video is just so stupid. You can easily quit a job. If what they described is actually happening in the US and people still work for them then they are idiots. Also all of the points about OSHA are stupid including how skewed the data is that these people use in their video. Less than 1% of workplaces are inspected by OSHA because 99% of workplaces that need inspecting by OSHA have fewer than 10 employees. I have worked in construction and factories my whole life. Both employers and employees dislike OSHA regulations. An OSHA inspection can bankrupt a small business owner in an instant with no regulation against them. A lot of OSHA regulations are completely absurd and cost small businesses much of their profit if they actually follow them. One good example is that OSHA requires the use of a harness working on any surface 6 feet or more off the ground. Employees hate working in harnesses and employers hate paying for them (time wasted setting them up and actual purchasing). A "small" fine from OSHA would be $5,000. All of the businesses I have worked for could be fined $70,000 for me walking on the roof without a harness. That is more than the owner of the business makes in a year causing him to go bankrupt simply for not preventing me from possibly breaking my leg. He goes bankrupt and my coworkers and I lose our jobs all because there "isn't enough funding or regulation." They don't need funding when they bankrupt every single company they fine.