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North America Inc. an $87.4 million penalty in 2009 for multiple failures to abate previ-
ously cited hazards (US Department of Labor, OSHA, 2009).
Finally, OSHA is responsible for monitoring the safety and health conditions of
about 130 million workers employed across 8 million different worksites. The federal
budget for OSHA in 2011 was $573 million, about 1/18
th
the size of the Environmental
Protection Agency and 1/4
th
the size of the Fish and Wildlife Service, but more
than four times larger than the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and
the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In 2011, ...