Employer Achilles' Heel-Supervisor Failure to Enforce OSHA Compliance

摘要

One of the oldest stories known to man involves that of Achilles, the legendary Greek warrior who was a leader at the Fall of Troy. According to the Iliad, his mother was a goddess who wanted him to be immortal. She immersed him in the River Styx, which had magical powers, to create immortality, but unfortunately did not immerse his heel by which she held him. Achilles' heel was his fatal weakness and he was killed in the battle of Troy when he was shot in the heel with a poisoned arrow. The analogy to an employer's Achilles' heel is the failure of supervisors to enforce OSHA compliance, which can lead to employer civil and criminal liability.