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New effort to enforce safety standards for roofers


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2013 Sep 3, 6:48am   875 views  4 comments

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http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=24123

Department of Industrial Relations launches Roofing Compliance Working Group •  We want to improve workplace safety for workers and help business owners who play by the rules A Roofing Compliance Working Group has been set up to enforce safety and labor law standards in the industry.

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1   Tenpoundbass   2013 Sep 3, 11:15pm  

Just a way to drive out small companies or mom and pop shops, and triple the cost of replacing a roof.

2   Shaman   2013 Sep 4, 1:06am  

How many people do you know who've been seriously injured by a fall from roofing work? I know one who was paralyzed from the neck down. That's quite a high price to pay for neglecting safety equipment. Fall arrest gear isn't that expensive and people can tie off rather than live on the edge. All the cheap labor gets really expensive for the tax payer when we have to cover medical bills for injured roofers, or worse, welfare benefits for their widows and children.

3   HydroCabron   2013 Sep 4, 1:14am  

Quigley says

I know one who was paralyzed from the neck down. That's quite a high price to pay for neglecting safety equipment.

I'm not paying one more penny for a roof job just for the sake of safety.

It's wrong to raise the costs of goods and services just to make their provision safer, or to reduce environmental degradation or health problems. We should only do things that are free: no hard choices ever.

BTW, get those inspectors out of nuclear plants. Cheaper power for everyone!

4   Tenpoundbass   2013 Sep 4, 3:29am  

But will all of this lower workmans comp or home owners insurance?

No of course not.

"Oh oooh Okey doke okey doke now fuck the other side, oooh yeah that's it now Okey doke."

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