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FROM' Supervisor Torlakson Contra
Costa
DATE . C „.,#� ,
October 27, 1987 u( ��JV
SUBJECT.:
INCREASED JOB-RELATED INJURIES AND FATALIES
SPECIFIC RE EST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGRCUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMME14DED ACTION: Direct the .County Administrator to
prepare a letter for the Board' s signature to OSHA requesting an
investigation of the alarming increase in job-related injuries and
fatalities in Contra Costa County.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Serious concerns and questions have
arisen regarding on-the-job safety and the alarming increase in
industrial accidents that have occurred recently. (Another
electrician recently died in a job in Pleasant Hill..)
An investigation of the increase in job-related injuries and
fatalities over the past several months should be conducted by OSHA
immediately.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; YES - SIGNATURE'
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(SI:
ACTION OF BOARD ON —__ October 27, 1987 At'PROVED AS RECC:,,'IdF.1•IDED X OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREE;' CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSEPfT I, III APO CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND.ENTERED ON' THE MINUTES OF THE- BOARD
ABSENT; ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS -ON THE DATE SHOWN,
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED .���1�1��/
PHIL.BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M38217-83 ,DEPUTY