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OSHA Budget Cuts Threaten Decades of Worker Safety Progress
Proposed budget cuts to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by the Trump Administration could have devastating consequences for workplace safety across the country. With only about 2,000 inspectors covering more than 8 million job sites, OSHA’s capacity to enforce critical safety standards is already strained. The number of inspectors per million workers dropped from 14.8 in 1980 to just 5.6 by 2018. Further reductions would weaken hazard identification efforts and delay res
