According to consumer advocacy groups, government agencies award construction contracts to companies with poor safety records on the regular occasion. There are a number of recent cases where contracts were given to companies with long history of health and safety violations.
"Taxpayer dollars should not be wasted on companies that expose their employees to dangerous work conditions," said Justin Fieldman, an advocate for health and safety performance. He also goes on to say,"When government agencies fail to properly assess construction companies for health and safety performance, the results are not only expensive, but deadly."
Citizens want there to be a better procedure for reviewing contractor health and safety performance. The Public Citizen group, a national nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, is calling for lawmakers to require agencies to consider a company's safety violations and injury prevention practices before awarding contracts.
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