> “OSHA’s existence is yet another example of the federal government creating agencies to address issues that are more appropriately handled by state governments and private employers,” said Rep. Biggs when first introducing the NOSHA Act.<p>From the Economic History Association:<p>> Before the late nineteenth century we know little about the safety of American workplaces because contemporaries cared little about it. As a result, only fragmentary information exists prior to the 1880s. Pre-industrial laborers faced risks from animals and hand tools, ladders and stairs. Industrialization substituted steam engines for animals, machines for hand tools, and elevators for ladders. But whether these new technologies generally worsened the dangers of work is unclear. What is clear is that nowhere was the new work associated with the industrial revolution more dangerous than in America.[1]<p>But sure, let's make workplace safety a state right.<p>[1] <a href="https://eh.net/encyclopedia/history-of-workplace-safety-in-the-united-states-1880-1970/" rel="nofollow">https://eh.net/encyclopedia/history-of-workplace-safety-in-t...</a>