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    :: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 ::

    Feds set to start welding scrutiny By Sean Holstege, Oakland Tribune
    Welders who remain on the Bay Bridge have said consistently since the day after reporters first called KFM in early March for comment on their allegations, that they saw an immediate shift in attention to quality and safety. They reported seeing high-level KFM managers and Cal-OSHA inspectors at their work site for the first time in two years and said they were given strict orders to weld by the book.
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