Articles Tagged with ''citations''

OSHA cites Bronx contractor for excavation hazards after deaths of two workers at JFK Airport

October 20, 2023

The two employees were attempting to remove soil from below a concrete slab located within a trench when the slab broke apart and collapsed, fatally crushing both workers.

Facing charges in worker’s 2021 trench collapse death, contractor surrenders to police

January 26, 2023

The owner of a Vail, Colorado construction company facing felony manslaughter charges has surrendered to local law enforcement after the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in Breckenridge, Colorado, issued an arrest warrant on Jan. 24, 2023.

Ohio roofing contractor gets 8th citation for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards

January 19, 2023

Federal safety inspectors found the owner of a Martin, Ohio roofing company exposed roofers and other workers to the construction industry’s leading cause of death.

Contractor cited for continuing to expose workers to potentially deadly falls

New Jersey firm faces $584K in penalties for safety hazards on Toll Brothers project

January 18, 2023

Less than four months after citing a Trenton, New Jersey roofing contractor for exposing unprotected workers to deadly fall hazards, OSHA is once again holding the employer responsible for putting its workers’ safety at risk.

OSHA finds 6 Amazon warehouses failed to record, report worker injuries, illnesses

January 5, 2023

OSHA has cited Amazon during inspections at six warehouse facilities in five states for failing to properly record work-related injuries and illnesses. The findings are part of an ongoing investigation.

Dollar General continues to expose employees to workplace dangers, this time in Thomasville, Georgia

December 17, 2022

On June 14, 2022, OSHA inspectors found the Thomasville store had merchandise blocking an electrical panel and the store’s only emergency exit door in the area.

Federal safety inspectors find 3 more Dollar General stores habitually disregarding workplace safety

August 15, 2022

When federal workplace safety inspectors visited three Dollar General stores in Georgia earlier this year, they found exit routes obstructed, boxes of merchandise stacked unsafely and electrical panels hard to access, violations often cited at Dollar General locations.

OSHA cites Florida construction contractor after fatal incident

April 19, 2022

A federal investigation into how a 47-year-old carpenter was fatally injured on Oct. 6, 2021, at the Pinellas Gateway Express project in Clearwater, Florida found his employer violated safety standards by allowing workers to remain in a crane load’s danger zone.

Fatalities involving confined spaces & failing to provide fall protection

Long Island contractor cited for 9 willful safety violations following employee's fatal fall

Serial violator DME Construction Associates Inc. faces $1.2M in OSHA penalties

March 10, 2022

A federal investigation into a fatal workplace injury on Aug. 19, 2021, at a Town of Oyster Bay municipal building has found a Setauket roofing contractor failed to provide necessary safeguards to protect employees against falls.

OSHA cites employer – involved in 2021 double fatality in downtown Boston – for new trench violations at East Boston worksite

February 16, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the employer involved in a February 2021 double fatality at a downtown Boston worksite and his successor company again for failing to provide employees with essential and required safeguards, this time at an East Boston residential construction site.

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