Mō te raka/te tohu, ngā takahi i te tiakitanga mīhini

I te 10 o Ākuhata, i whakahuahia e te Whakahaere Haumaru me te Hauora Mahi (OSHA) a Safeway Inc., e kī ana i takahia e te kamupene te raka/tāgo o te wheketere miraka a te kamupene, te tiaki mīhini, me ētahi atu paerewa. Ko te tapeke o te whiu i whakaritea e OSHA ko US$339,379.

I tirotirohia e te tari tētahi wheketere tākai miraka i Denver e whakahaerehia ana e Safeway nā te mea i ngaro ngā maihao e whā o tētahi kaimahi i a ia e whakahaere ana i tētahi mīhini hanga, engari kāore i a ia ngā tikanga tiaki e tika ana.

"I mōhio a Safeway Inc. kāore i a rātou he tikanga tiaki, engari i whiriwhiria e te kamupene kia haere tonu te mahi me te kore e whai whakaaro ki te haumaru o ngā kaimahi," te kī a te Kaiwhakahaere Rohe o OSHA Denver, a Amanda Kupper, i roto i tētahi kōrero a te tari. "Nā tēnei kore aro i whara kino ai tētahi kaimahi."

E ai ki a OSHA, he apiti a Safeway nō Albertsons Companies, ā, e whakahaere ana i ngā toa i roto i te 35 whenua me te Takiwā o Columbia.

I kīia a Safeway he takahi nui i te ture a te OSHA.kati/tāutungā paerewa, ā, i kitea kāore te kamupene i:

I whakahuahia e te tari te takahi ā-whakaaro me te takahi kino a Safeway i tekati/tāutupaerewa nā te mea i te wā i mahi ai ngā kaimahi tiaki i ngā mīhini whakarewa e rua i roto i te wheketere, kāore i whakawhanakehia, i tuhia, i whakamahia hoki ngā tikanga taahiraa-i-te-taahiraa hei whakahaere i te pūngao morearea pea. I whakahuahia hoki e OSHA te takahi ā-whakaaro me te kino a Safeway i ngā paerewa tiaki mīhini mō ngā mīhini kāore i tiakina, e whakaatu ana i ngā kaimahi ki te mōrearea o te tapahi, te hopu/te takawaenga, me te kuru.

I whakahuahia e OSHA te kereme a Safeway i tino takahia e ia ngā paerewa mata mahi hīkoi mō te turuturu hinu waipēhi, ka puta ai he tūponotanga paheke me te hinga. I kitea e ngā kaitirotiro whare kāore i whakakapia te papa maringi i te wā i tino mākū ai, ā, i whakatakotoria te kātene wetewete ki runga i te papa i te taha o raro o te mīhini hanga.

I whakahuahia anō hoki e te tari te kereme a te kaitukumahi i tino takahia e rātou ngā paerewa hau kōpeke mō ngā rango hauota morearea. I kitea e te kaitirotiro he rango hauota kei waenganui o te rūma i muri i te mīhini whakakoi he poutū, kāore i te mau tonu.

I muri i te whiwhinga o te subpoena me te whiu, e 15 ngā rā mahi a Safeway hei whakatutuki i te whakatau whiu me te whakamāmā a te tari, hei tono mō tētahi hui whaimana ki te kaiwhakahaere rohe o te OSHA, hei whakaatu rānei i ngā hua o te rangahau a te tari ki mua i te whakahē a te Poari Arotake Haumaru me te Hauora Mahi.

      Raka/tāpuiā, ko ngā paerewa tiaki mīhini ngā paerewa e whakahuatia whānuitia ana e OSHA. I te tau pūtea 2020 e mutu ana i te 30 o Hepetema, 2020, i whakahuatia e te tari tekati/tāutupaerewa (29 CFR §1910.147) 2,065 ngā wā me te paerewa tiaki mīhini (§1910.212) 1,313 ngā wā. Kua whakawhanakehia hoki e OSHA tētahi Kaupapa Matua ā-Motu (NEP) mō te hanga i ngā tapahi waewae, tae atu ki te tirotiro me te whakatinana i ngā paerewa raka/tagout me te tiaki mīhini.