The Usual Suspects

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Jordan Barab

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Nov 19, 2008, 11:09:02 AM11/19/08
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A couple of articles about some of the "usual suspects," Perini Construction in Las Vegas and House of Raeford in NC:
 

Reports: Perini's safety wanting

Analyses fault resort contractor for hazards, congestion, lax follow-up after accidents

By Alexandra Berzon

Tue, Nov 18, 2008 (2 a.m.)

 Steve Marcus

For the past year, Perini Building Co. has said repeatedly it is doing everything it can to create safe work sites at CityCenter and Cosmopolitan, the giant Strip construction projects where the deaths of eight workers in a year and a half have sparked widespread concern.

Now, two stinging reports say there's more the general contractor can and should do.

Perini sends mixed messages about the importance of safety to workers, avoids finding the root causes of accidents and instead places full blame on workers, and is perceived by some workers as placing scheduling concerns ahead of safety, according to the studies, issued by the Center for Construction Research and Training with assistance from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

 

House of Raeford cited for workplace hazards

N.C. agency seeks $178,000 penalty for problems with toxic chemicals. Poultry firm says it has fixed most issues.

Posted: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008

Several years after chemical leaks killed one House of Raeford Farms worker in North Carolina and sent many others to the hospital, state regulators have cited the poultry company for a host of new workplace safety problems, many involving hazardous chemicals.


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