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:: Thursday, May 27, 2004 ::
Labor Department fines construction firm $230,000 San Antonio Business Journal
Some of the citations involved scaffold hazards, while other violations included failure to require employees to wear hard hats, lack of a hazard communication program, inadequate employee safety training and failure to provide injury and illness records.
'To ensure that injury and illness rates continue to decline, we must make sure that employers protect employees from work place hazards,' says U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. 'The significant penalty of $230,100 in this case demonstrates the administration's commitment the health and safety of American workers.'------------------------------------------- posted 6:51 AM :: reference link ::
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