Clinton Announces Safety Initiative Aimed at Federal Workers

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

SACRAMENTO -- Stating that federal employees suffer more than 160,000 injuries and illnesses per year, costing the government about $2 billion, President Clinton announced the "Federal Worker 2000 Presidential Initiative."The five-year program will have three measurable goals:Reducing the overall occurrence of injuries by 3 percent per year, while improving the timeliness of reporting injuries and illnesses by agencies to the Department of Labor by 5 percent per year;Reducing the occurrence of

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