john mendeloff, any response for the caller? guest: and companies differ. some are pretty good at trying to comply with safety and health standards and protect their workers. and there are others who are not. for them, we need to have some pretty good enforcement system to try to make sure that lapsus like the ones the caller described do not happen. we do not have a very good inspector in the u.s. osha has fewer inspectors per 1000 workers then provinces in canada do, or most of europe. we are hard-pressed, i think, to do a sufficient job of inspecting the employers who are not telling the line. host: bill wiatrowski, what events lead to fatal work injuries -- these are bls figures. exposure to harmful substances or environment. 9% of injuries have fatal work injuries due to what the caller was talking about guest: -- talking about. guest: that is right. although it, these aren't just injuries. -- these are just injuries. the we do not look at illnesses. host: so that would not be included. guest: that would not be included. and and lives will have a long

john mendeloff, any response for the caller? guest: and companies differ. some are pretty good at trying to comply with safety and health standards and protect their workers. and there are others who are not. for them, we need to have some pretty good enforcement system to try to make sure that lapsus like the ones the caller described do not happen. we do not have a very good inspector in the u.s. osha has fewer inspectors per 1000 workers then provinces in canada do, or most of europe. we are hard-pressed, i think, to do a sufficient job of inspecting the employers who are not telling the line. host: bill wiatrowski, what events lead to fatal work injuries -- these are bls figures. exposure to harmful substances or environment. 9% of injuries have fatal work injuries due to what the caller was talking about. guest: that is right. although these are just injuries. we do not look at illnesses. host: so that would not be included. guest: that would not be included. and and lives will have a long latency period typically, so we're looking at acute events. the

also a discussion with william wiatrowski and john mendeloff about workplace safety and occupational hazards. >> now, a look at the presidential election through political cartoons. a couple of weeks ago thenewseum postedartoonist panelists. we will show you as much we can until the senate debate at 11:00 eastern. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to another edition of inside media. if you have been walking through the city, you may have noticed the preponderant of men and women caring along the large pads. cartoonists are in town. today is day three of the american editorial cartoonists convention meeting across town at george washington university. we were lucky enough to snag three of the cartoonist who will share with us some of their work. it will give us their take on the hectic and sometimes hysterical campaign season. seated to my left is lalo alaraz. his cartoon is seen in scores of newspapers like the los angeles times. he has produced cartoons for the l.a. weekly since 1992. he creates cartoons in english and spanish for some tickets. he cohoes a satirical t