Kaitlyn Friend Newman English 101: Rhetoric 16 September 2013 Statement of Scope for the Annotated Bibliography Over

the past three decades, many governmental rules and regulations have been put into place the protect people from work-related injuries, and it worst cases, death. Programs such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have been put into place to come up with new incentives, laws, and consequences of workplace related safety. Although regulations have been made on safety in the workplace, there are still many work-related injuries that occur that can be prevented by taking steps to increase safety. This essay will explore the way safety in the workplace has increased over the past three decades, how government regulations have changed the way safety is looked at, and how safety can still be improved. Although there are regulations and guidelines set in place, workplace related incidents still occur and there are still fatalities every year. Many programs have been put into place to ensure regulations are being followed, such as OSHA, NIOSH, MSHA and many others. These programs have made progress possible over the past decades, and will continue to do so for many decades to come. This selected bibliography includes scholarly journals, news articles, and a scientific paper that all examine safety. Although these sources include how safety can be improved, there are no sources stating that safety is sufficient in the workplace. The Currie, Haskin, and Torres articles are all journal entries written about safety improvements that have been made, and what can be done to improve them further. The OConnell source is a newspaper article about a recent fatality that occurred due to poor regulations. The LaMontagne source is a scientific paper written about the long-term effects of ethylene oxide exposure, and how safety regulations have, and the vast improvements on these affects. Together these sources give reasoning to the need for public safety regulations and their still needed improvements.

Annotated Bibliography Currie, Susan. "Safety Effort Earns Honor." Marketplace Magazine 15 (2004): 18. elibrary. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. Currie provides information as to why the construction environment, which used to have astronomically high accident rates, have steadily been decreasing. She pins this down to more governmental involvement, more training and the need to save money via insurance rates. Currie also expels myths from and reiterates important points that OSHAs Alliance Program offers. Haskin, Dan. "Implementing Safety and Health Training." Franchising World 45 (2013): 70. elibrary. Web. 9 Sept. 2013. This article describes in detail the declining fatality rate in American workplaces since 1980, as well as how safety conditions have improved vastly over the past thirty years. Haskin goes on to say that the decrease in workplace related accidents and deaths is due to the prominent presence of OSHA, and how government and regional analysis have also played a huge role in the decrease as well national laws. Haskin makes the point that safety is improving in some areas, although more work is still to be done. LaMontagne, Anthony, Michael Oakes, and Ruth Lopez. "Long-Term Ethylene Oxide Exposure Trends in US Hospitals: Relationship with OSHA Regulatory and Enforcement Actions." American Journal of Public Health (2004): n. pag. elibrary. Web. 16 Sept. 2013. This article is a scientific finding of the long term exposure to ethylene oxide exposure, with samples taken at various time intervals and from different years. The authors concluded that exposure had declinied, however in recent years there were warning signs that high rate exposure could come back. Although the exposure rate is below what it was before

OSHA, the authors believe that there must be more regulations set or all progress will be eroded away. O'Connell, Kim. "Safety First." Waste Age 35 (2004): n. pag. elibrary. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. This source discusses the safety in the New York City waste department, after a woman was killed by becoming pinned in a garbage truck. O'connell goes on to talk about how the price of safety is more than just a dollar amount, but also a statistical amount.. O'Connell also states the incentives and regulations that are being put in place to protect workers. Torres, Katherine. "Teens at Work: Challenges in Protecting the Young Work Force." Occupational Hazards 68 (2006): 24. elibrary. Web. 9 Sept. 2013. In this article, Torres defends the standpoint that teenageres are susseptible to workplace related injuries due to poor training and a fast pace. She goes on to say that there are multiple things that can be done to prevent this, and actions should be taken by management and personel. Torres states the best method of preventing such accidents is through education and speaking up, as many people won't do that.