Alexandra Berzon

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How did CityCenter tower flaws persist?: Failed safeguards puzzle county inspections official; Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009; Clark County is investigating the consultants hired by CityCenter owner MGM Mirage to inspect the structural integrity of construction work at the site, after faulty rebar caused massive problems in the project’s Harmon tower.
On appeal, OSHA loses most of Monte Carlo fire case: Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008; The construction company cited by the state for worker safety violations in connection with the January fire atop the Monte Carlo was largely cleared of responsibility in an appeal decision this month. The state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration had fined Union Erectors, a structural steel company, $18,000, saying the company had violated nine workplace safety laws. But the OSHA Review Board overturned all but one of Union Erectors’ citations, reducing the fines to $3,500.
Employers finding way around OSHA’s tougher stance: Companies increasingly appealing safety violation cases to a review board, and winning; Monday, Dec. 29, 2008; No one saw Michael Taylor fall to his death at the Cosmopolitan construction site nearly a year ago.
Evidence of change: Six months, no fatalities: Union safety rep says all involved have contributed to improvement; Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008; Twelve workers died in accidents at Strip construction sites during the first 18 months of Las Vegas’s current building boom. In the past six months, not one worker has died.
Setting record straight on Elliott case: Gibbons’ office says it wrongly attributed ‘vindication’ claim; Friday, Dec. 26, 2008; Gov. Jim Gibbons’ office says it erred when it issued a news release last week stating that an investigation by the attorney general had vindicated a top political appointee in her role in a workplace safety case.
Bridge contractor shows it’s willing to fight: A California case suggests Nevada OSHA will have a tough time in its probe of the death of worker on the Hoover Dam bypass bridge; Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008; Six years ago, while working on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, carpenter Kevin Noah fell 50 feet to his death.
State clears Elliott in Orleans probe: AG says Gibbons official’s role in probe of two workers’ deaths does not constitute misconduct; Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008; The involvement of a top Gibbons administration appointee in the investigation of a double fatality at the Orleans last year was not illegal, the Nevada attorney general’s office has ruled.
Safety meeting canceled due to snow: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008; The Construction Safety Roundtable scheduled for 5 p.m. today has been canceled due to snow.
Contractors to propose training initiatives: Slowing the pace of work on the Strip not an option, group’s vice president says; Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008; Not wanting to show up empty-handed to a public meeting about construction safety tonight, contractors on Tuesday unveiled a wish list of proposals they say will promote safer conditions on Las Vegas work sites.
Suit names Boyd in Orleans death: Mother of worker says company ignored manhole dangers; Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008; The parents of one of two maintenance workers who died last year after entering a toxic manhole at the Orleans filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Friday seeking damages against Orleans owner Boyd Gaming. Workplace accident lawsuits against Nevada employers are extremely difficult for workers and workers’ families to win.