THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SEIP, GOODMAN, BELFANTI, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, DeLUCA, DRUCKER, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, McILVAINE SMITH, PASHINSKI, SIPTROTH AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 18, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, FEBRUARY 18, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, providing for construction safety and health

training.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 62 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 3914.  Construction safety and health training.

All contracts entered into by a government agency in excess

of $250,000 shall contain a clause requiring all laborers,

workers and mechanics employed in the performance of the

contract on the public work site, by the contractor,

subcontractor or other person doing or contracting to do the

whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract, to be

certified prior to performing any work on the project as having

successfully completed a course in construction safety and

health approved by the United States Department of Labor's

Occupational Safety and Health Administration that is at least

ten hours in duration. Proof of certification by all laborers,

workers and mechanics employed by the contractor, subcontractor

or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part

of the work contemplated by the contract shall be submitted to

the department by the contractor, subcontractor or other person

doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work

contemplated by the contract and kept on file.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.