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Iron Worker Says OSHA’s Safety Failure Behind Brother-in-Law’s Fall to Death

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George Cole, a retired Iron Workers member who spent 42 years on construction job sites, told a congressional hearing yesterday that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) “failure to enforce safety standards” is likely what killed his brother-in-law in a fall at a troubled Las Vegas construction site. The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee hearing probed whether OSHA is doing all it can to protect construction workers—including strong enforcement of the safety rules on the books and development of new workplace safety standards.

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