Contractor contests fines after fatality, sees them more than double
New information comes to light in court
A New York-area employer who contested the violations cited against his company by OSHA after a worker’s fatal fall now faces considerably higher fines than originally proposed – due to what came to light during the litigation.
The case stemmed from a 2012 incident in which a painter for Tower Maintenance Corp., working at a height of approximately 70 feet, inadvertently contacted an energized power line and fell from the tower, striking a second employee painting on the tower below. The second employee fell from the tower about 40 feet to the ground. The employee who contacted the power line suffered fatal injuries and the second employee survived the fall, but suffered multiple serious injuries.