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Greg McClelland, second from right, safety director for the Ironworkers' Compensation Program, confers with Joe Standley, right, president of the District Council of Iron Workers of the State of California and Vicinity, before a news conference at Bally's Monday, June 9. View photo »
Greg McClelland, left, safety director for the Ironworkers' Compensation Program, and Joe Standley, president of the District Council of Iron Workers of the State of California and Vicinity, talk with a reporter following a news conference Monday, June 9, 2008. View photo »
Jim Stanley, a former deputy assistant secretary of labor who worked on construction standards at FedOSHA, talks to reporters following a news conference Monday at Bally's. He was there in support of local union leaders who say the stricter fall-safety measures they are seeking could have saved lives on the Strip. View photo »
Joe Standley, center, president of the District Council of Iron Workers of the State of California and Vicinity, reads a prepared statement during a news conference at Bally's Monday, June 9. View photo »
Joe Standley, center, president of the Western District Council of Ironworkers, speaks Monday at a news conference at Bally's where labor leaders asked federal OSHA to tighten fall-safety requirements. View photo »
Jim Stanley, left, president of FDR Safety, Steve Ross, center, head of the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council, and Chuck Lenhart, business agent for Local 433, talk before a news conference at Bally's Monday, June 9. View photo »
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 (2 a.m.)
At a press conference in Las Vegas, the Ironworkers union made a request that FedOSHA follow California - and, most recently, Nevada’s lead - and rescind a federal directive interpreting the agency’s standards for safety flooring. That directive allows builders to avoid providing the flooring under certain conditions.
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