OSHA inspections good for workers' health, companies' bottom line, says new study

摘要

A new study shows that workplace inspections save lives, reduce workers' compensation claims, and do not cost jobs, according to a press release from the Harvard Business School. The research, published in Science, sheds light on a hot-button political issue: the role and effectiveness of government regulation. The new study, co-authored by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Toffel, Professor David Levine of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and Boston University doctoral student Matthew Johnson, examines workplace safety inspections conducted by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA).