Sunday, May 02, 1999
Few injuries on stadium site
Report shows incidents below national average
BY DAN KLEPAL
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Slightly more than 1 percent of the people building Paul Brown Stadium have lost time due to injuries suffered on the job, according to the most recent insurance statistics.
Nationally, 5.4 percent of employees suffer from job-related injuries on similar projects.
There are 450 employees currently on the job site. That's a continually changing number which will grow to a peak of about 1,000 people during the summer.
The report, which was presented to Hamilton County commissioners on Monday, looked at safety statistics from April 1998 through January.
Three employees have suffered job-related injuries, missing 31 days of work. A total of 531,000 worker hours have been logged.
Hamilton County Commissioner Bob Bedinghaus said he is pleased with the safety record at the stadium.
“Construction projects of this magnitude usually have more injuries,” Mr. Bedinghaus said. “But most of the high work is yet to come.”
Commissioner John Dowlin credited pre-employment drug screening with helping to keep the accident statistics down.
Of the 955 drug tests given, 44 came back positive, or 4.6 percent. The national average is about 20 percent.
“They are very definitely linked,” Mr. Dowlin said. “And we've got an excellent safety program, with a nurse on staff.”
The nurse has treated 129 injuries which have been more serious than routine first aid, with approximately one-third of those cases requiring additional treatment by an outside physician.
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