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:: Monday, December 01, 2008 ::
Reports: Perini’s safety wanting - By Alexandra Berzon, Las Vegas Sun
The reports from worker surveys and visits conducted in August paint a picture of a site dangerously congested with workers who fear falling debris, feel pressured by supervisors to ignore safety in the rush to finish a job, suffer from heat and exhaustion and don’t always have access to drinking water, get in arguments with workers of other trades because of scheduling conflicts, and often don’t wear basic personal protective gear — particularly safety glasses.
“Noncompliance with basic (personal protective equipment) requirements is indicative of a poor safety culture, an ineffective safety program, and lack of supervisor/foreman understanding of their responsibility for safety,” researchers wrote.------------------------------------------- posted 7:07 AM :: reference link ::
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