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.