H.R. 3165 · 109th Congress

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Al Green
Introduced
2005-06-30
Latest action
2005-08-23 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summary

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to specifically include contract employees among employees whose deaths resulting from employers' willful violations of standards under the Act subject such employers to criminal penalties.