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Thursday, April 03, 2008
OSHA Under Fire
The series of articles, in the Las Vegas Sun, about OSHA's lack of enforcement continues today in an article called OSHA up for rare inquiry.
The article reports that: "Nine construction workers have died in eight accidents at CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Fontainebleau, Trump and Palazzo over the past 16 months. The Sun reported this week that Nevada OSHA investigators have found a pattern of safety violations on construction sites but routinely withdrew or watered down their citations after meeting privately with contractors."
The public response to this series in the Las Vegas Sun can be read in some of the comments added to the article, such as:
"I cannot help but believe that OSHA is on the take. So many fatalities and so little action. It just does not make sense. The fines are so minimal to begin with. If you compare the dollars here, the fines being levied against these companies when a life is lost is not even their weekly payroll."
The article reports that: "Nine construction workers have died in eight accidents at CityCenter, Cosmopolitan, Fontainebleau, Trump and Palazzo over the past 16 months. The Sun reported this week that Nevada OSHA investigators have found a pattern of safety violations on construction sites but routinely withdrew or watered down their citations after meeting privately with contractors."
The public response to this series in the Las Vegas Sun can be read in some of the comments added to the article, such as:
"I cannot help but believe that OSHA is on the take. So many fatalities and so little action. It just does not make sense. The fines are so minimal to begin with. If you compare the dollars here, the fines being levied against these companies when a life is lost is not even their weekly payroll."
Labels: Construction Safety, OSHA, OSHA Citations
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