OSHA has issued $79,900 in proposed fines to SER Construction Partners Ltd. The investigation began in January as part of the National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavations.
The Martinsburg, W. Va., Company is a framing, sliding, and roofing contractor.
The 79-page document outlines best practices for preventing harmful exposures to respirable crystalline silica.
A 31-year-old day laborer was killed in the August 2014 collapse at a Birmingham, Ala., work site, OSHA reported.
A prequalification system approved by the Federal Highway Administration aims to improve contractors' performance.
The construction industry had the highest incidence rate during most of the time periods examined in the study.
The Illinois-based contractor was banned by a federal court for "refusing to abide by OSHA standards."
The company has had 41 safety citations since 2011, according to the agency.
More than 1 million workers participated in last year's stand-down, and the partner organizations are hoping to have stand-downs staged in all 50 states and around the world during May 4-15.
NIOSH is reviewing the accomplishments of NORA's second decade and is preparing for the third decade, which will start in 2016. The comment period is part of the second decade review.
With 39,000 jobs added in January 2015 and 308,000 in the past year, construction employment is at its highest level since February 2009, AGC reports.
The two agreements apply to construction workers in San Antonio and to workplaces nationwide.
All four companies are based in Tallahassee, Fla.
Construction workers are used to contending with elevated risk levels, so they’re more likely to have a skewed perception of that risk.
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The Middleburg, Fla., company faces $169,000 in proposed fines.
The alliance aims to protect Illinois apprentices on construction, earthmoving, and trenching sites.
The site was developed by faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis and supported by CPWR (the Center for Construction Research and Training) through a NIOSH cooperative agreement.
The agency's Nov. 4 newsletter summarizes five October 2014 preventable occupational fatalities.
The tape measure fell over 400 feet.