dan, i take it you are in the safety training feild so i think (if in fact you are) that your view of this issue may be a little biased. there are laws in place to deal with these issues and beyond that there civil liabilities to contend with. adding government to the equation will do little more than make it more expensive and possibly because of that less palletable to very small operations which are the target of this conversation. personal responsibility has to be in this discussion somewhere.
please dont take offense to this as i am just offering a different view, not trying to change yours.