Dec
21
2011
Wilmington, NC
Wilmington Advocate
Wilmington business must pay $134,000 in settlement
Wilmington masonry contractor NER Construction Management Inc. has agreed to pay $134,000 in penalties and take significant steps to protect its employees against fall hazards, according to the terms of a settlement agreement that resolves litigation with the U.S. Department of Labor.)
Dec
19
2011
Saskatoon CA
Dec
12
2011
Toledo, OH
TYREL LINKHORN
OSHA fines 4 area firms for safety issues
Federal regulators have fined four northwest Ohio construction contractors and a Minnesota firm over safety violations found during inspections of work sites in the area)
Dec
12
2011
Shelton, CT
OH & S
Connecticut Roofer Fined $127,560 for Willful Fall Hazards
"There is a simple truth that employers must recognize: Fall protection is a requirement, never an option, when employees work at heights of 6 feet or more," said Robert Kowalski, OSHA's area director in Bridgeport.)
Dec
05
2011
Buffalo Grove, IL
OH & S
Worker Fatally Falls from Scaffold, Construction Firm Fined $50,000
"Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry and failing to ensure workers use fall protection when required is unacceptable," said Gary Anderson, director of OSHA's Calumet City Area Office.)
Dec
05
2011
Seminole, OK
OH & S
OSHA Pounds Meat Manufacturer for Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards
Sigma Processed Meats Inc. has been cited for 16 serious and three repeat violations worth $204,800 in proposed penalties.)
Nov
29
2011
Washington, DC
Bruce Rolfsen
Fall Protection Problems Top List Of Most Common OSHA Violations for 2011
Problems related to employees falling off scaffolds, roofs, ladders, and other high places were the top violations cited in fiscal 2011, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.)
Nov
29
2011
Champaign, IL
The News Gazette
OSHA fines roofing company $144,100
A Champaign-based company faces fines totaling $144,100 for failing to provide fall protection to roofers working on residential and commercial projects and for other violations.)
Nov
22
2011
Washington, DC
Joanne Wojcik
OSHA Tightens Its Fall Protection Rules
The new directive states that all residential construction industry employers must protect their workers who are engaged in work at six feet or more above lower levels by conventional fall protection systems or by other fall protection measures.)
Nov
22
2011
Lincoln, NE
Richard Piersal
OSHA's undersecretary defends fall-protection rules for homebuilders
The Department of Labor's deputy assistant secretary for occupational health and safety makes no apologies for new fall-protection rules that apply to homebuilders.)