SAN DIEGO - DON'T TAKE SAFETY FOR GRANTED: For Workers' Memorial Day on April 28, Joe Dear, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, submitted an opinion piece in defense of OSHA. "People who think there's no need for a safety and health agency have forgotten how it used to be," he said. "Today, it's easy to take safety for granted."Looking back at OSHA's 25-year record, Dear cited some victories. "Brown lung --- the cotton dust disease --- is gone. Fewer workers die in trenches, get
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