Workforce Protections Subcommittee Hearing: "Improving Workplace Safety: Strengthening OSHA Enforcement of Multi-Site Employers"

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s lack of adequate enforcement and oversight of workplace safety and health conditions within large, multiple-facility corporations.

Witnesses explored events at the Cintas Corporation, the largest uniform supplier in North America. In 2007, a worker died at the company’s Tulsa facility despite previous evidence, known to both OSHA and Cintas, of similar hazards at other Cintas facilities and industrial laundries. The death resulted in the largest service sector fine in OSHA’s history and was followed by additional citations of similar problems at other Cintas facilities.

Chairwoman Woolsey's Opening Statement »

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Witness Testimony:

Randy Rabinowitz »
Member
American Bar Association
Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee

Ron Taylor »
Partner
Venable LLC

Emmanuel Torres »
Son of Eleazar Torres-Gomez who died at Cintas’s Tulsa facility in 2007

Frank White »
Senior Vice President
Head of Health, Safety, and
Environmental Practice
ORC Worldwide

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