Yesterday's Las Vegas Sun newspaper had a substantial article about construction accidents in Las Vegas and the plans of a U.S. House of Representatives panel to "hold a hearing to review construction safety standards and the conduct of government agencies responsible for overseeing workplace safety."
The article reports that "California Democratic Rep. Lynn Woolsey said the workforce protections subcommittee she leads plans to hold a hearing this summer to investigate the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s regulations of the construction industry."
The article also reports on what the U.S. Senate committee led by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has been doing. It then goes on to describe a bill that has been introduced in both the House and the Senate: "Kennedy and Woolsey have introduced identical bills to increase penalties on employers for workplace safety violations. The bills have been introduced in past congressional sessions but had little traction until Democrats rose to power in 2007."
In covering the other side of this issue the article reports that "Construction industry groups and key Republican lawmakers think any legislation to bolster fines moves the agency in a wrong direction, toward penalizing violators rather than working with contractors to prevent accidents from happening."
Overall this article provides a good summary of what has been happening in congress. You can read the entire article at: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/11/keeping-heat-osha/
The article reports that "California Democratic Rep. Lynn Woolsey said the workforce protections subcommittee she leads plans to hold a hearing this summer to investigate the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s regulations of the construction industry."
The article also reports on what the U.S. Senate committee led by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has been doing. It then goes on to describe a bill that has been introduced in both the House and the Senate: "Kennedy and Woolsey have introduced identical bills to increase penalties on employers for workplace safety violations. The bills have been introduced in past congressional sessions but had little traction until Democrats rose to power in 2007."
In covering the other side of this issue the article reports that "Construction industry groups and key Republican lawmakers think any legislation to bolster fines moves the agency in a wrong direction, toward penalizing violators rather than working with contractors to prevent accidents from happening."
Overall this article provides a good summary of what has been happening in congress. You can read the entire article at: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/11/keeping-heat-osha/
Labels: Construction Safety, safety politics
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