The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on Thursday, October 29 to examine the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s critical review of Nevada’s workplace health and safety program. OSHA reviewed Nevada’s health and safety program between January 2008 and June 2009 and found a number of deficiencies with the plan. A spate of accidents drew national attention during the city’s building boom that killed 12 construction workers on the Las Vegas strip over an 18-month period between 2006 and 2008.
To read the OSHA review of the Nevada health and safety program, click here.
To learn more, visit this blog post.
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To read the OSHA review of the Nevada health and safety program, click here.
To learn more, visit this blog post.
Witnesses:
- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid » Nevada
- Jordan Barab » Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Debi Koehler-Fergen » Mother of worker killed at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
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Don Jayne »
Administrator
Nevada Division of Industrial Relations Department of Business and Industry - Franklin Mirer » Professor of environmental and occupational health Hunter College of the City University of New York
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