Donald Trump’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to exclude “inherently risky professions,” including those in sports and entertainment, from basic workplace safety protections. The rollback could affect hundreds of thousands of workers.
Respirator fit testing. This means the entire work force in hospitals taking care of us during COVID. They stay safe by virtue of vaccines and respirators that fit securely such that they do not let the virus in. Doctors, nurses, techs, respiratory therapists, xray/imaging, and the people at the desk that take your information and check you in.
In addition, this is every trade profession that works with concrete dust, metal dust, sawdust, noxious fumes (exterminators, boat painters/sealers, etc), people who deal with drywall and insulation, and asbestos remediation.
Fuck all those people. Amiright?
Yeah, but consider how it costs the company hundreds of dollars. That’s hundreds of dollars the owners might be stuffing in their pockets instead.
I’m sure if they thought they could get away with it, they’d cancel requirements to provide PPE at all.