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  • CA: Injury record questioned - Nearly perfect safety reports cast doubt on accuracy (Bay Bridge)

    04/08/2005 4:20:26 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 1 replies · 329+ views
    Oakland Tribune ^ | 04/07/2005 | Jill Tucker and Sean Holstege
    On paper, the new Bay Bridge construction project boasts one of the best safety records in the country for such a massive and typically dangerous undertaking. In fact, according to those records, building the new eastern span is five times safer than the average heavy construction project - even safer than working in your average flower shop. The agency enforcing state safety standards on the bridge work site sees no problem with those numbers. Health and safety experts, however, say they may be too good to be true and warrant examination. Allegations from past and current workers on the project...