Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Standard boosts safety in the trenches

Notes: Sumario: Fatalities from trenching and excavation incidents have dropped 35 percent since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration enacted its revised safety standard in 1990. In the four years before the new OSHA regulation, an average of 46 deaths per year were due to violations of OSHA standards. Now the average is 30 per year, according to OSHA. The bad news is that the fatality rate is still too high. So OSHA has stepped up efforts to ensure greater compliance. Most representatives from the construction industry and organized labor generally agree with OSHA that the standard helps prevent injuries and deaths - when companies observe itRelated records: En: Safety & health. - Itasca. - Vol. 152, nº 1, July 1995 ; p. 56-59Materia / lugar / evento: Seguridad e higiene en el trabajo Seguridad en la construcción Construcción Prevención de accidentes Excavaciones Estructuras Accidentes de trabajo Estados Unidos Secondary titles: Título: Safety & health
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