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HRD-80-20 1 (1979-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabaav0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside tevenera0l Accounting Office exdptmn the basis of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relations. )7 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. Z058 B-163375 DECEMBER 12, 1979 The Honorable Jamie Whitten, Chairman C ., 6t Committee on Appropriations t. House of Representatives Subject: IWorkplace Safety and Health Hazards at &o rte;;t-e Deliee0 joQ Installations (HRD-80-20) C_ Dear Mr. Chairman: Pursuant to your Committee's October 3, 1978, request, we reviewed the efforts made to identify and correct work- place safety and health hazards at Department of Defense (DOD) installations. Generally, safety and health hazards are being iden- tified at these installations. Many of the hazards are corrected promptly. However, many serious hazards, some - of which have existed for years, remain uncorrected-- _0 especially those that would be costly to correct. _ During the February 28, 1979, hearings of your Sub- committee on Military Construction, a DOD official said that correcting the current backlog of safety and health hazards at all DOD installations would cost about $500 million. Our review indicates that this amount is signifi- cantly understated. DOD agreed that the $500 million does not represent the complete cost to correct hazards at DOD installations. DOD said that certain costs, such as the costs of correcting hazards as part of construc- tion projects or the costs of small abatement projects that are funded with local installation operating funds are not included. We are recommending that DOD: (1) improve its efforts to better assure that identified hazards are corrected and * (2) annually advise the Congress in its budget justifica- Y tion of the cost to correct safety and health hazards at ' all DOD installations and its progress in correcting hazards. 2 Zr'S (206850)

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