my name's richard, and i'm with the state osha program. and i'd like to see the person here with the highest authority, please. today, it is the job of osha-- the occupational safety and health administration, to keep workers free from health hazards by regulating their exposure to different hazards. jim, you have richard from osha in the front office. please come to the front office. all of our inspections are really a surprise to the employer. we cannot give advance notice to any of the employers. my name is richard, i'm with the state osha program. - and i'm here to do an inspection. - okay. some inspections are prompted by a violation or complaint reported by an employee; others are routine. ray barkley: they'll explain why we're out there, and then they'll ask to look at specific programs. well, let's just start and walk around the shop. and then they'll start their walk around, which is the inspection. this is interesting. tim, could you come here and-- ? yeah? this device shows whether an electrical circuit is grounded or not. and i'

organization organizational, over the last two years osha has put in place a new examination program. it had changed way. >> examination materials are standardized. and working with the division of risk, strategy and if i nabl gajz -- over the last few years, 42% of exams have identified significant findings, up by a thirty, since 2008:. it's risen by half, from 10 to 15%. one such referral has. during the resulting examination, they previously a failure that koz ep forcers more than $200 billion. >> thank you pho ron's invest s investors, arch they made an enforcement division. they revamped their operations putting talented attorneys back on the front lines, kregt such int and spring wod. >> while i won't steel all. including some of the most complex cases we've ever worked on. we retained orders for 208 billion dollars in penalties and disengorgement. of course the most will be. if congress agrees with my request to raise the tap on what, we would have the appropriate cases return even larger sums to investors. in the area of financial crisis related cases, we filed charges against

and the critics say they don't see osha putting two and two together. you have a successful programnce again, scott, as i indicated to you, i think it's the fact that we do have-- our standards are in place. and we are looking at the data that we have. >> ed foulke told us he hasn't ruled out issuing a new industrial dust standard. but he says that the issues are complex and need study. >> to go across all the industries, we're talking about tens of thousands of facilities. we're talking about hundreds of types of processes, at least, maybe thousands of types of processes. >> when someone says that this is all very complex, and we don't understand it, well, therefore, we can't regulate it, you say what? >> it's just a delay mechanism from actually doing anything. >> you were appointed to the chemical safety board by president bush. >> that's correct. >> what has your experience been with regard to safety regulations in the bush administration? >> the basic disappointment has been this attitude of no new regulation. they don't want industry to be pestered. in some instances, industry

program, and about how the crane fits in. >> it is probably one of the most dangerous pieces of equipment and it is the most rigorously protected. we had cal osha out here doing test weeks. >> cal-osha comes out because the state of california, unlike the city of new york or other places, in the state of california, cranes are inspected by the state, not the local jurisdiction. in the wake of the crane collapse in california in 1990, the board of supervisors passed legislation which is now still in it regulations in the building code that requires crane safety programs to make sure that the building department is collecting all the information, but we reply. we rely on kali should do the information, but we reply. we rely on kali should do the

program while trying to crack down on d.o.t.'s waiver authority. it places a road block by elimiting and in some cases outright waiving nepa. and h.r. 7 eliminates osha protections for hazmat workers and allows bad actors to continue to receive hazmat compliant exemptions. so this body could have considered and passed the other body's bipartisan bill which passed that body by a vote of 74-22. that's half of the republican members in the other body, and we know how difficult it is to get that other body to get 60 votes to cut off debate on any resolution or any bill, even one saying i love mother would be hard to pass in that body. yet, for a transportation bill, they came up with 72 votes. that bill continues current funding levels, sustaining approximately 1.9 million jobs. the states will receive $3.8 billion more in highway construction funding than h.r. 7 over the course of two years. the senate bipartisan bill eliminates many of the gaping loopholes in current law buy american requirements, and the senate bipartisan bill does not contain poison pills like h.r. 7 such as provisions to strip osha requirements for hazmat workers and efforts to fina

program while trying to crack down on d.o.t.'s waiver authority. it places a road block by elimiting and in some cases outright waiving nepa. and h.r. 7 eliminates osha protections for hazmat workers and allows bad actors to continue to receive hazmat compliant exemptions. so this body could have considered and passed the other body's bipartisan bill which passed that body by a vote of 74-22. that's half of the republican members in the other body, and we know how difficult it is to get that other body to get 60 votes to cut off debate on any resolution or any bill, even one saying i love mother would be hard to pass in that body. yet, for a transportation bill, they came up with 72 votes. that bill continues current funding levels, sustaining approximately 1.9 million jobs. the states will receive $3.8 billion more in highway construction funding than h.r. 7 over the course of two years. the senate bipartisan bill eliminates many of the gaping loopholes in current law buy american requirements, and the senate bipartisan bill does not contain poison pills like h.r. 7 such as provisions to strip osha requirements for hazmat workers and efforts to fina

osha materials and processes to help u.s. manufacturers cut costs. to maximize our energy technology efforts in areas such as battery, biofuels, electric grid technology, we according research and development across our bases and applied research programs. and to encourage the manufacturing, technology, the president's call for extending proven tax incentives including the production tax credit, and advanced energy manufacturing tax credit. competing in the new energy economy which causes our country to harness all resources including american ingenuity. the budget request includes $5 billion, to support basic research that could lead to new discoveries and help solve energy challenges. it continues to support energy frontier research centers which aim to solve specific scientific problem to unlock new clean energy development. it also supports the five existing hub and proposed a new hub in electricity systems. through the hub we are bringing together our nation's top scientists and engineers to achieve game changing energy goes. additionally, the budget request includes $350 million for arpa-e to support research projects that could transform the ways that we use and produce energy. taken together, research initiatives will help up t

to osha work, one, i envoy and and that when a report my income, it is that which is truly income that is coming into my household. >> how does the s.n.a.p. error rate compared to other federal programs? >> i believe, i have a really tracked them lately but i can tell you i think it is one of the best among federal state benefit programs. and i know that at a state level, governors offices i know this very directly pay careful attention when they qc error rate is made known to each state. we do this individually. we punish the states that fall below certain minimums around qc in rates, and we reward states who do an outstanding job in that regard. >> let me ask you, ms. fong, i think it was you that mentioned the amount of indictments, i think. my question to you would be what is the conviction rate? you know, sometimes we read about indictments, and that's all we hear. sometimes people get all excited because there's an indictment but there's no conviction. so what is your conviction rate? >> i'll be happy to provide that for the record, but my right election of the data is that we have a very high conviction rate. it's a significant percentage of our indictments. >> the reason i ra

to osha work, one, i envoy and and that when a report my income, it is that which is truly income that is coming into my household. >> how does the s.n.a.p. error rate compared to other federal programs? >> i believe, i have a really tracked them lately but i can tell you i think it is one of the best among federal state benefit programs. and i know that at a state level, governors offices i know this very directly pay careful attention when they qc error rate is made known to each state. we do this individually. we punish the states that fall below certain minimums around qc in rates, and we reward states who do an outstanding job in that regard. >> let me ask you, ms. fong, i think it was you that mentioned the amount of indictments, i think. my question to you would be what is the conviction rate? you know, sometimes we read about indictments, and that's all we hear. sometimes people get all excited because there's an indictment but there's no conviction. so what is your conviction rate? >> i'll be happy to provide that for the record, but my right election of the data is that we have a very high conviction rate. it's a significant percentage of our indictments. >> the reason i ra

to osha work, one, i envoy and and that when a report my income, it is that which is truly income that is coming into my household. >> how does the s.n.a.p. error rate compared to other federal programs i believe, i have a really tracked them lately but i can tell you i think it is one of the best among federal state benefit programs. and i know that at a state level, governors offices i know this very directly pay careful attention when they qc error rate is made known to each state. we do this individually. we punish the states that fall below certain minimums around qc in rates, and we reward states who do an outstanding job in that regard. >> let me ask you, ms. fong, i think it was you that mentioned the amount of indictments, i think. my question to you would be what is the conviction rate? you know, sometimes we read about indictments, and that's all we hear. sometimes people get all excited because there's an indictment but there's no conviction. so what is your conviction rate? >> i'll be happy to provide that for the record, but my right election of the data is that we have a very high conviction rate. it's a significant percentage of our indictments. >> the reason i raise