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Harris County’s new worksite safety policy, aimed at establishing better standards for construction projects, will make it easier to terminate county contractors who have been dinged for non-compliance.

The policy establishes uniform safety, monitoring and inspection standards for projects, and was designed to reduce worksite injuries, according to county documents. The policy was drafted by using feedback from labor and industry stakeholders. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.

In a three-to-one vote on Thursday, Harris County commissioners approved the safety policy that establishes monitoring and inspection standards on construction sites and for county construction p

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