OSHA Won't Investigate Parking Deck Collapse

Gary Franklin

ATLANTA (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational
Safety and Health Administration says it will not investigate last
week's parking deck collapse in Atlanta.

The agency said Tuesday its mission is to ensure the safety of
workers and that its regulations apply only to the employer-employee relationship, not to activities that affect the general public.

An Atlanta Fire and Rescue spokesman had said last week that
OSHA would likely conduct an investigation once the search and
rescue mission was done.

Four floors of a portion of the Centergy parking deck in Midtown
Atlanta collapsed around lunchtime on June 29.

David Tyndall of Gateway Development, the original developer of
the deck, said the cause of the collapse still has not been
determined.

Associated Press

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