As COVID-19 Spread, The Trump Administration Was Cutting Back On Workplace Inspections
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING As a pandemic raged and workers faced unprecedented hazards last year, the Trump administration dramatically scaled back the number of health and safety investigations taking place on worksites across the country. They should have done at least 12,000 more inspections.” - Debbie Berkowitz, National Employment Law Project It was apparent from litigation and data released during the pandemic that OSHA was doing fewer onsite inspections, under the rationale that field work could put inspectors in danger of contracting the virus. Last week, the Labor Department’s Office of the Inspector General released a separate report on OSHA complaints and inspections, finding that changes at the agency had put workers at risk. David Michaels, who ran OSHA during the Obama administration, said the data and inspector general report helped show how little the agency was doing under the Trump administration.
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