SACRAMENTO - Fed-OSHA only has 900 compliance officers. Cal-OSHA has 210. The federal inspectors are responsible for enforcement in about 3.7 million workplaces, so they need all the help they can get. One idea is to have a rule denying contract bids based on proof of poor safety records."There's tremendous interest in capturing market forces to drive the behavior of contractors," Joseph Dear, who heads Fed-OSHA, said. Because "a disproportionate number of injuries are in construction," the regulati
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