Requires that all persons working on contracts valued at $250,000 or more receive at least ten hours of OSHA training prior to their performance of work.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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164--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- recommitted
to the Committee on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to safety training for
certain employees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-n to
2 read as follows:
3 § 202-n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
4 construction safety and health course. 1. Every contract for the
5 construction, reconstruction, maintenance and/or repair of any project
6 where the total cost of all work to be performed under the contract is
7 two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, shall contain a provision
8 requiring that all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed in the
9 performance of the contract on the work site, either by the contractor,
10 sub-contractor or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a
11 part of the work contemplated by the contract, shall be certified prior
12 to performing any work on the project as having successfully completed a
13 course in construction safety and health approved by the United States
14 department of labor's occupational safety and health administration that
15 is at least ten hours in duration. The contractor shall be responsible
16 for submitting a certification to the department prior to the commence-
17 ment of any work on the project.
18 2. If any person performs any work on a contract without first having
19 completed his or her ten hours as required pursuant to subdivision one
20 of this section, then the contractor shall be liable for a fine, payable
21 to the department, in the amount of five thousand dollars for its first
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 offense. The amount of fine for each subsequent offense shall be double
2 the amount of the fine assessed against the contractor for the imme-
3 diately prior offense.
4 3. If more than one person working on a contract does not have his or
5 her certification, each person working without certification shall be
6 considered a distinct and subsequent offense of the contractor.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
8 it shall have become a law.
