I'd like to see a proposal on confined space safety in construction, which I've been pushing since 1976. Second, I want to focus on issues that really have a long-term impact on safety culture in corporate America. This is really challenging. The way we're going to really change things is to make safety an everyday component of life. Regulations alone are easy to comply with.
Compliance alone means nothing.
The safety and health program standard emphasizes other aspects, like hazard analysis and involving the work force in audits and so on. Overall, the idea is to turn safety into an important, essential element of doing business. We're focusing on cultural aspects now. Third, we need to make sure we engage workers in this process. This is very challenging now with corporate America largely disenfranchising workers through downsizing.