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Sanchez asks whether inspectors check each worker's SST card

New York City Council · Oct 21, 2026 · starts 1:53:29 · 1 min 41 sec

Sanchez asks whether inspectors check each worker for an SST card on job sites; Tigani describes card taps and on-site worker conversations, and Shamash details how investigators audit course providers by sitting in on classes and checking attendance, and confirm card compliance with construction supers and spot checks using QR codes.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

What about on job sites?

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Are inspectors checking each worker for an SST card?

Ahmed Tigani

There are two elements here.

Ahmed Tigani

One, the taps are one way of demonstrating that there's a

Ahmed Tigani

There's an exterior barrier that's making sure people are tapping.

Ahmed Tigani

But then if we are on a construction site, we may talk to workers to make sure that people are doing what they're doing.

Ahmed Tigani

supposed to and have the cards that they're supposed to.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you.

Yegal Shamash

I'll just add with regards to the course providers, we have a team of investigators that audit those course providers.

Yegal Shamash

So they will check that the curriculum matches what's required.

Yegal Shamash

We will ensure that we are getting their course catalogs and time on those courses.

Yegal Shamash

We will pretend to be workers and sit in on those classes and make sure that the entire training is happening.

Yegal Shamash

We will check attendance records for those courses.

Yegal Shamash

We have a very in-depth check that we do on these course providers.

Yegal Shamash

With regards to the site safety card requirements, we do confirm with the construction supers, site safety coordinators, managers, and check the logs that all the workers on site

Yegal Shamash

have the necessary SST requirements, and then we'll do a spot check on site with specific cards.

Yegal Shamash

Each card has a QR code that we can check to ensure that it is a valid card.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you.