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Supervisors press city agencies to standardize contractor safety vetting after fatal Twin Peaks accident
Summary
A Board of Supervisors hearing examined how city departments vet contractors’ safety records following an August construction worker death on the Twin Peaks tunnel project, with departments outlining pilot prequalification questions, incident-tracking pilots and plans for a citywide standard roll‑out in 2019.
Supervisor (sponsor) opened a hearing after an August construction fatality to ask why a contractor on the Twin Peaks tunnel project had answered “no” when asked about serious-and-willful Cal/OSHA citations and whether departments verify application answers before awarding contracts.
John Thomas, city engineer at Public Works, said safety is the department’s “number 1 priority” and described current constraints: procurement follows Chapter 6 of the Administrative Code and state and federal law, many contracts are firm-fixed-price low-bid awards, and the city generally relies on contractors to develop and implement…
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