제 목 : Recordkeeping Plan Sparks Construction Protests
일 자 : 1997년 12월
제공처 : Safety ＆ health(OSHA UPDATE)
Recordkeeping Plan Sparks Construction Protests
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Construction companies recently went on record as dissatisfied with
OSHA's most thoroughly revised recordkeeping standard since it was
issued in l971.
The proposed new standard is designed to make it easier for em-
ployers to report injuries and illnesses, cover fewer companies, ex-
empt more small firms from routine requirements and more clearly de-
fine worker access to the records, OSHA's Watchman told the House
Small Business Committee. But 12 construction-industry groups, in-
cluding contractors, home builders and roofers, say the proposal would
have 'a substantral impact on a significant number' of their small-busi-
ness members.
Their gripe: While the rule would apply to generad-industry
companies with 20 or more employees, construction firms with 1O or
more workers still would be covered. According to Alan McComb,
vice president of Harold McComb ＆ Son, a Ft. Wayne, Ind., contractor,
the changes will Mean more "unnecessary paperwork" for the construction
industy, and would detract from "the real efforts to ... prevent
accidents on the job site." McComb testifed at the SmallBusiness panel's
hearing.
Robert Georgine, president of the AFL-CIO's Building and
Construction Trades Department, hammered at the construction
industry's opposition to the OSHA rulemaking proposal."I am deeply
disturbed that contractors and employers don't to everthing they can
to comply with OSHA's rules and make our workplaces safer,"
Georgine says.
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