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Just implement but enforce. a couple things to point out, it would include violators could face fines around $14,000. fines could increase if they felt like companies were pursuing willful violations, when it comes to healthcare workers and healthcare facilities in particular, they could lose access to medicare or medicaid, payments -- planned compliance inspections for some workplaces via osha, which they usually do or regularly do but what you hear from government officials is worker complaints will be a large component of this. and the implementation and the enforcement of this is obviously...

Want their workers to be safe, and they want guidance to make sure they're following the rules and they want a level playing field so they're not disadvantaged by doing the right thing, and that's what the rule gets you. >> of course, the rule is for those who don't follow that. there would be a rule for a governor mandate if the private sector decided on their own they would enact these mandates. for those not following this, how do you then enforce it? >> i think primarily it will be enforced by following up on worker complaints. osha will go out and do some inspections, but for the most par...

Corporation for an inspection. but, also, to target specific industry in a specific part of the country without offering the appropriate justification. >> all right. well, one of the things that always makes me a little bit, i don't know, it drives me crazy, they come up with a name for their program. whether it's a good program or not regional emphasis program. whoever came up with that i would love to know whose job that was. here is what oosha. we contacted the osha labor department to see what they said. osha emphasis program, there is that great name again, are based on bureau of labor st...

More saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, estate oak laminate's at the new lower price of just 87 cents per square foot. for the past four year, bp has paid for an internal watchdog unit created under congressional pressure. the unit is supposed to investigate worker complaints about safety, but cnn has learned that bp is actively trying to eliminate the unit. even though the company has promised in writing it will exist for at least another year. here's cnn's drew driven of cnn's special investigations unit. >> for 26 year, gene pascal was a lawyer for the envi...

>> the helix producer, we will need about three days after the weather calms to less than three to five feet for the vessel to hook the could believing that would be required to do. the third vessel will bring our capacity up to 53,000 barrels per day. >> he officially retired from the coast guard but he's staying on to handle this incident. for the past four years, bp has paid for an internal watch dock uni unit. and a devastating fire and explosion at its refinery in texas city, texas. this was an ombudsman unit. it's supposed to investigate worker complaints about safety and other issue and...