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>because you posted a link stating that construction can be dangerous

My original comment was "Construction related standards make up 5 of the top 10 violated standards[1] by osha.". The link contains a section called "Most frequently violated standards". I'm not sure how you came to conclusion that I thought construction industry was merely dangerous, rather than being frequent violators of safety standards.

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> I'm not sure how you came to conclusion that I thought construction industry was merely dangerous, rather than being frequent violators of safety standards.

The construction industry violates more OSHA standards than other industries because it's more tightly regulated by OSHA, which is of course because it's a dangerous industry. This is the equivalent of saying that hedge funds are overrepresented in SEC violations, or oil companies are overrepresented in EPA violations. It's almost a tautology.

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