Friday, March 6, 2009

Nevada OSHA Under Fire

The Las Vegas Sun reported yesterday that "The head of the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration told lawmakers Wednesday that the run of construction fatalities on the Las Vegas Strip “was a tragic situation that I believe caught everyone off guard.”

“It shouldn’t have, but it did,” said Tom Czehowski, chief administrative officer of Nevada OSHA. “As a result, we saw the fatalities we saw. I think a message has certainly been sent to this state, this valley, construction workers, contractors, all of us that safety awareness has to come above production.

If you want to read the whole story, click here. There are some who are calling for Nevada's program to be "yanked for a few years." What do you think?

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