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Monday, February 02, 2009

Corners Cut And Beers Downed At OSHA Classes

In yesterday's edition the New York Daily News reported what they found when they sent a reporter to attend an OSHA 10 safety class. This is a ten hour training class that teaches the basics of construction job safety. Here is what they found as reported in the first paragraphs of the N.Y. Daily News article:

"Safety is for sale in the dimly lit Aqueduct North bar in the far reaches of the Bronx. Last Sunday, a group of hardhats hunkered down for what was supposed to be 10 hours of crucial construction safety training. One of the 'hardhats' was an undercover Daily News reporter. What he found was that the $125 course took just over two hours, factoring in time spent waiting for the instructor to show and breaks to grab a beer."

Read the entire article at the N.Y. Daily News

Labels: Construction Safety, OSHA, Safety Training, VPP Safety Articles and Papers