Safety Engineers Support OSHA's 2008 Budget Request
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is
pleased with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) budget
request for fiscal year 2008 of $490.3 million and intends to support it in its
efforts to achieve funding levels from Congress.
“OSHA budgets in recent years have not
adequately kept up with inflation, and this proposal is a positive effort to
help OSHA meet its statutory obligations to protect workers,” ASSE President
Donald S. Jones Sr., P.E., CSP, said. “This budget proposal is a meaningful
increase, especially for enforcement and cooperative programs, and is a positive
effort to help OSHA meet its statutory obligations to protect
workers.”