The Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s lack of adequate enforcement and oversight of workplace safety and health conditions within large, multiple-facility corporations.
Witnesses explored events at the Cintas Corporation, the largest uniform supplier in North America. In 2007, a worker died at the company’s Tulsa facility despite previous evidence, known to both OSHA and Cintas, of similar hazards at other Cintas facilities and industrial laundries. The death resulted in the largest service sector fine in OSHA’s history and was followed by additional citations of similar problems at other Cintas facilities.
Witnesses:
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Randy Rabinowitz »
Member
American Bar Association Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee - Ron Taylor » Partner Venable LLC
- Emmanuel Torres » Son of Eleazar Torres-Gomez who died at Cintas’s Tulsa facility in 2007
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Frank White »
Senior Vice President
Head of Health, Safety, and Environmental Practice ORC Worldwide