The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is cracking down on employers who have been previously cited for serious, willful, repeat or failure-to-abate safety violations with a newly implemented penalty structure that raises fines by as much as 400% in certain areas. While the new penalty structure went into effect on Oct. 1, OSHA began stepping up its inspections and increasing penalties levied against builders of all sizes even before that date. Recent OSHA citations of home builders and contractors have included proposed penalties such as $57,600 for failing to protect workers from falls at a residential construction site in Ohio; $82,220 for failing to protect workers from falls, electrical and struck-by hazards levied against a framing contractor in Texas; and $106,400 for failing to provide fall protection on a residential construction site in Illinois. Read more about these recent citations and fines in Nation's Building News, or contact: Marcus Odorizzi at 800-368-5242, x8590.
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