What good is a big fine if it's never collected? That's what we asked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after we looked at what happened to the top 25 announced penalties of all time and found they had been reduced on average 65 percent.
Our piece caused a bit of discussion in the health and safety community where some said they were frustrated at the solicitor's office and a seeming lack of will to defend big cases against companies. Yesterday bloggers at OSHA Underground -- one of the main health and safety … more…
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Robert Lewis graduated in May 2008 with a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley. His reporting has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, abcnews.com and on ABC’s 20/20.