Question:
As an alternative to a system that regulates one hazard at a time and sends government inspectors to one workplace at a time, Michael Silverstein (www.SKAPP.org) proposes a generic rule requiring employers to implement comprehensive safety and health programs to reduce injury and illness as well as to obtain an annual written certification that their firm had been inspected by a third party for compliance with all OSHA requirements. He feels that there are many holes in the OSHA Act. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of this approach?