Workplace safety in Atlanta's construction industry: institutional failure in temporary staffing arrangements
Mehta, Chirag ; Theodore, Nikolas
Working USA. The Journal of Labor and Society
2006
9
1
March
58-77
construction industry ; occupational safety and health ; temporary employment
Medicine - Toxicology - Health
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/24714607
English
Bibliogr.
"This article examines workplace safety conditions in Atlanta's construction industry in light of the growing presence of temporary staffing agencies in the industry. Using data collected from surveys of building contractors, temporary staffing agencies, and temp workers, the article explores the ways in which the use of agency-supplied temps by construction contractors subverts workplace health and safety regulations, thereby exposing construction workers to heightened risk of injury."
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