Show flT 1 V ''— i " “ r-- — MM' I i'--S $ iY t 4'i e-- - ': r '- v i r '1 42 By 7 Gideon Boiker MD Dear Dr Bosker: I am employed by a plast-ics-manufacturi- ng company where polyvinyl chloride chemicals are used I feel that these chemicals may be harmful to my health and have tried to get the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to investigate my workplace conditions Thus far I have had no success despite the fact that my local union has indicated that OSHA has to respond to my complaints Am I getting the runaround from OSHA or what? — KB Kansas City Mo Dear KB: Under pressure from New Right policies that aimed to abolish OSHA altogether (in the pursuit of “regulatory relief” it was claimed) in the late 1970s this body has had its power and effectiveness in combating occupational hazards diminished considerably since the Reagan administration took office Now under the auspices of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee which is who has on chaired by Orrin Hatch to OSHA Act vowed the occasions many repeal OSHA has turned in one of its worse enforcement records in many years With the decline in budgetary support for OSHA programs drastic staff reductions and new policy directives the agency’s adversarial posture toward offending industries has changed dramatically In 1981 for example serious citations for workplace violations were down 37 percent while total OSHA inspections were down 18 percent Perhaps even more indicative of its slacking off are recent figures showing that the agency’s follow-u- p inspections are down 73 percent fines are down 65 percent and the backlog of unans- (R-Uta- wered complaints up a full 120 percent OSHA has never had enough inspectors to adequately survey more than 2 percent of this nation’s workplaces each year but the 28 percent cutback in its compliance staff has put an even greater dent in its operation According to the head of OSHA Thorne Auchter the agency has stopped inspecting employers who report a rate of accidents which lower-than-avera- ge rrfty wpeofMe uww tmmu m’ yww— IS Shampoo Set Or Blow Out only Tuf 50 I Holding her hand at " —-- V nice prices during IAV f ph Pat 0ft —all rights reserved1 1982 Los Angeles Times Syndicate ' '' 21 Ogden Wash S ’v TM Rag U S j1 With J 1 O ! c ' X I'' with ad 3OO r enters you for each month 42 have been given out the past 2 months also a TV will be given away Rita Painter (Roy) SUPERVISION BY: CH Painter (Ogden) I - thru Fridey Each service the doctors Experience Pays V’ r II M" 4 i''"’1 w 4 h fip “ 4 " -- tj- V r vg ' I Y 'i j''vV ’ ’C I v JH vw v ‘rr V h) rv SrswTftSr'ti’ $63-milli- e a y'ry: :& y HiPSCSt ' - V- - J S H 1 - t V 1 i :at - Pjy- - V We've worn out a pair of shoes pacing the floor But the time has come We at Taylor's Home Furnishings have decided to close our 89-l- n order to do this store on Highway we're ordering the entire inventory of furniture to be sold direct to the public on a first come-fir- st serve basis! 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