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The TV news is always depressing if you watch for long enough. Each broadcast is littered with reports of violent murders, confusing "natural" deaths and random accidents.

How random are most accidents? My feeling is that many accidents can be avoided, if the parties involved use common sense, forethought and preventive safety measures.

Since the climate in Washington, D.C., has changed dramatically with the Democrats regaining power, we may finally see OSHA reform legislation move through Congress.

On Monday, August 21, 2006, Mason Contractors Association of America President Frank Campitelli and Assistant Secretary Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. extended the OSHA Alliance between the two organizations for another two years.

House Workforce Protections Committee Hearings on the Use of Non-Consensus Standards in Rule Making