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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Construction safety and site safety training
2:57:34
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Commissioner Oddo discusses the Department of Buildings' efforts in ensuring construction safety and the implementation of site safety training requirements. He highlights improvements in safety metrics and industry compliance.
- Conducted 204,000 enforcement inspections, an increase of 24,000 from the previous year
- Found fewer violating conditions during inspections, indicating greater adherence to regulations
- Approximately 456,000 site safety training cards issued by approved course providers
- 8% reduction in the number of incidents resulting in worker injuries or fatalities
- Continued decrease in construction-related incidents in the current fiscal year
James "Jimmy" S. Oddo
2:57:34
To ensure that safety regulations are being complied with, the department continues to conduct complaint based inspections and proactive inspections of larger construction sites.
2:57:46
Last fiscal year, the department conducted 204,000 enforcement inspections which was 24,000 more inspections than the previous year.
2:57:57
This includes inspections that were conducted because of the nearly one hundred and two thousand three one one complaints the department received.
2:58:05
Despite conducting more inspections, the department found fewer violating conditions during such inspections, which demonstrates that there is a greater adherence to construction regulations by the industry, including with site safety training requirements.
2:58:20
To date, the department approved course providers have issued approximately 456,000 site safety training cards, which includes supervisory site safety training cards.
2:58:31
I'm pleased to report that the number of construction related incidents that resulted in an injury or fatality to a worker decreased last fiscal year with an 8% reduction in the number of incidents that resulted in an injury.
2:58:46
And that we continue to see a decrease this fiscal year.
2:58:51
Turning out to the department's priority initiatives.