Construction -- with 15 percent of ...

Construction -- with 15 percent of the 6083 reported deaths -- l all other industries in the number of employee fatalities in 1992 according to a U Labor Department application of mind released late last year. That grim statistic provides a backdrop for what may be a major confrontation athwart construction safety legislation in the instant session of Congress.

The Labor Department, with apparent White House support, has endorsed elucidation elements of legislation to overhaul the Occupational Safety and Health Act. This legislation, supported by means of the AFL-CIO, was introduced on Sen. Edward ...