OSHA Proposes $650K in Penalties Against Six Contractors
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $648,094 in combined penalties against six employers working at the Monroe Commons (Magna Square) development in Monroe, New York after an inspection found an unstable embankment nearly 75 feet high that was not adequately sloped or supported.
- The inspection produced 28 citations, five willful and 23 serious, covering inadequate cave-in protection, falling or rolling soil and rock, chemical exposure, fall protection and failure to have a competent person conduct daily excavation inspections.
- The proposed penalties are Parkstone Inc. and Obstacle Systems Inc., operating as Drip Drop Waterproofing Inc., $198,615; Advanced Plan and Build LLC, $175,444; The Paving Masters LLC, $188,684; Century Max Industries Corp., $46,340; Prime Structure Inc., $19,860; and DelValle Contractor, $19,151.
- Advanced Plan and Build, Parkstone and The Paving Masters received willful citations for exposing employees to unprotected excavation hazards. Advanced Plan and Build and The Paving Masters were also cited for lacking a registered professional engineer’s design for an excavation 21 to 75 feet deep.
Worker Severely Injured After Long Fall at Construction Site
- A worker was airlifted to a regional trauma center Oct. 15 after suffering multiple injuries in a long fall at a construction site in Fallston, Maryland.
- The Maryland State Police Aviation Command flew the worker to the trauma facility.
- Units from the Fallston Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company and the Harford County Department of Emergency Services responded.
- The Harford County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health were called to investigate. The worker’s identity and the height of the fall have not been released.
Tennessee OSHA Investigating New Blast That Burned Worker at Amaero Plant in Cleveland
- Tennessee OSHA is investigating an Oct. 13 incident at the Amaero Advanced Materials & Manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Tennessee, in which a small blast in a confined room ignited material and burned the top of an employee’s hand. The employee was taken by ambulance to Erlanger in Chattanooga.
- TOSHA said it is also still investigating earlier incidents at the facility that occurred on May 13, May 16 and May 26. One open inspection covers those three incidents.
- No additional details about the Oct. 13 incident have been released.