Chapter 10, Problem 1EA

A recent spate of mine disasters that caused numerous fatalities refocused national attention on the question: is management doing enough to protect employees on the job? Recent serious Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations resultingin the deathof two workers from falls due to the lack of harnesses or guardrails suggest there is still a long way to go.

Companies are responsible for providing a safe workplace for employees.So why like these continue to happen? In a word—money. It takes money to purchase harnesses, install guardrails, and otherwise ensure a safe and healthy work environment. And even more is needed to employ the staff to enforce company safety policies. It is often less costly for a company to just pay the fines that are levied for violations.

As a supervisor at a company with frequent violations of OSHA regulations, you worry about your employees' safety. But each time your company needs to implement a new safety feature, end-of-year employee bonuses get smaller. The money has to come from somewhere, management claims.

Using a web search tool, locate articles about topic, and then write responses to the sure to following questions. Be sure to support your arguments and cite your sources.

Ethical Dilemma: Doyou report safety violations to management in the hope they will be corrected before someone gets hurt, or do you stage a total work stoppage to force management's hand, knowing that either way you risk losing popularity at every level, and very possibly your job? Or, of course, you could say nothing and hope for the best. It is not a problem you created and you're just there to do a job, after all.

Sources: George Avalos. "PG&E Violated Safety Rules. Was Late on Thousands of Wine Country Electricity Inspections and Work Orders. - The Mercury News,https://www.mercurynews.com.October 25, 2017: Barry

Summary Introduction

To explain:

Whether the supervisor should report safety violations to management or halt the work so that the management gets involved forcibly in both the cases risking the job. Or just carry on with the job and ignoring the situation saying it wasn'tthe supervisor's fault.

Introduction:

Workers safety must be the priority of the company because workersare the backbone of the company. The company depends on the workers and cannot imagine the company's future without a worker. It is the duty of the supervisor to take all the safety measures.

Explanation of Solution

Mines worker plays a very crucial role in their job because they work underground up to the height of 300-400 feet it is the responsibility of the supervisor to guide workers time to time about the safety tools. Some companies are so greedy that they only need money hence to save some amount of money they play with the worker's life by not providing safety tools or by providing low-quality safety tools. The supervisor should update management time to time about the sites, tools and other machinery.

Supervisor must immediately update even if a minor issue arises in the machinery and tools because spark neglect burns the house. Going against the management supervisor may losea job but the life o worker is much bigger than the job. The government must take strict action for the safety of mines workers. Companies must keep a doctor along with an ambulance for emergency and government must survey the mines sites from time to time.