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Owners own up to contractor safety : OSHA says companies must ensure the safety of contract workers

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Britt, Phillip J.
Owners own up to contractor safety : OSHA says companies must ensure the safety of contract workers / by Phillip Britt
Sumario: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) commissioned the study to examine contract-labor-safety-and-health issues in the petrochemical industry following a 1989 explosion at a large chemical complex in Texas. Recent court decisions and rulings by OSHA have held companies that hire contractors responsible for contractor safety. A cooperative company/contractor safety-training program at the Mobil Oil Corp. Joliet Refinery, Joliet, Ill., has reduced incidence rates to about one-quarter of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published averages for the industry
En: Safety & health. - Itasca. - Vol. 148, nº 6, December 1993 ; p. 44-48
1. Occupational Safety and Health Administration . 2. Seguridad e higiene en el trabajo . 3. Industria petroquímica . 4. Prevención de accidentes . 5. Contratistas . 6. Programas de seguridad . 7. Estados Unidos . I. Title. II. Título: Safety & health.