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I read an OSHA opinion that they only have jurisdiction over

Posted on: September 1, 2016 at 12:12:50 CT
Spanky KU
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employer-employee relationships. Employers are required to report safety incidents that happen to their employees only....

Professional athletes are not employees (per OSHA)... they are contractors. As a result, teams are not required/able to report injuries of their 'contractors' to OSHA.
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Why doesn't OSHA regulate the NFL? Seems like an - Floyd Turbo MU - 9/1 08:38:12
     Because players are not employees...they are contractors? - Spanky KU - 9/1 09:04:04
          They have a union - DC Jayhawk KU - 9/1 11:13:10
               OSHA applies to Union work environments. - Spanky KU - 9/1 11:30:41
                    Ok, - DC Jayhawk KU - 9/1 11:33:19
                         I read an OSHA opinion that they only have jurisdiction over - Spanky KU - 9/1 12:12:50
          So if a player destroys his leg while conducting his - Floyd Turbo MU - 9/1 10:27:24
          correct, they technically work for themselves(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 9/1 09:05:37
     slave masters are exempt from OSHA(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 9/1 08:50:38
     Regulate police and fire depts. Keep out of inner cities.nm - hokie VT - 9/1 08:46:27
          How about take them out of the hands of gvmt - pickle MU - 9/1 08:57:21
               there is no such thing as a "free market." (nm) - mizzou alum 93 MU - 9/1 08:58:47
                    "9-1-1, please provide your voluntary participation number" - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/1 09:04:24




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