Death on the Job (1991)

Directed by

Bill Guttentag

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

49 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary investigates workplace deaths caused by unsafe conditions and corporate negligence. It shows how companies ignored safety rules and how regulatory inspections were often ineffective or announced in advance.

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What happens

Death on the Job is a 1991 documentary film directed by Bill Guttentag. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It aired on HBO as an episode of America Undercover. The documentary focuses on people who have died at work due to unsafe conditions and disregard of regulations by the companies. Lawyer E. Michael McCann notes that OSHA is supposed to investigate workspaces to ensure safe conditions, but many of these places had rarely or never had an OSHA investigation (and when they did, it got announced in advance when OSHA was coming, so the company would change things to give the illusion of safety and compliance). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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