Comments on: No new whistleblower protection for WV miners http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/no-new-whistleblower-protection-for-wv-miners/ A water cooler for the public health crowd Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:36:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Michael Wood http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/no-new-whistleblower-protection-for-wv-miners/#comment-37658 Michael Wood Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:39:41 +0000 http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/?p=816#comment-37658 I'm not sure where the comments went. But let me repeat the gist of my own. For the record, on-the-job (as opposed to commuting) traffic fatalities MUST be reportable in at least two states: Washington and (since January 2007) Oregon. In at least some cases, we need to investigate these fatalities to more fully understand them, and in some circumstances the "causes" can themselves be prompted by work-related causes (scheduling, etc.) that will not be identified in a traditional law-enforcement investigation. Here in Oregon we also are asking employers questions about how they handle driving in the workplace as part of our consultation and enforcement visits -- all this is an effort to better understand the issues by gathering as much information as possible. Michael Wood, CSP Administrator, Oregon OSHA I’m not sure where the comments went. But let me repeat the gist of my own. For the record, on-the-job (as opposed to commuting) traffic fatalities MUST be reportable in at least two states: Washington and (since January 2007) Oregon. In at least some cases, we need to investigate these fatalities to more fully understand them, and in some circumstances the “causes” can themselves be prompted by work-related causes (scheduling, etc.) that will not be identified in a traditional law-enforcement investigation.

Here in Oregon we also are asking employers questions about how they handle driving in the workplace as part of our consultation and enforcement visits — all this is an effort to better understand the issues by gathering as much information as possible.

Michael Wood, CSP
Administrator, Oregon OSHA

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