Every year, more than 75,000 workers are killed by occupational injuries or prolonged exposure to hazardous substances. Adults often spend half their waking hours at work, and most of us know someone who has been hurt or sickened by their work.
The cost of workplace illnesses and injuries in the U.S. is already hundreds of billions of dollars per year. The Trump administration’s recent decision to eliminate nearly all staff and programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) threatens the lives of workers and the health of the economy across America— including in Michigan.
This nonregulatory agency seems to be a casualty of an approach to cutting federal spending that has not considered the benefits NIOSH brings to the economy, workers and their families.
Read the article: Don’t let Michigan workers pay the price for budget cuts
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