Virginia Cites Contractor for Exposing Workers to Silica
Hazards
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Virginia Occupational Safety and Health issued five citations and $304,130 in penalties to Lanford
Brothers Company for exposing workers to respirable crystalline silica hazards
while using jackhammers to remove concrete from bridge piers. Inspectors
determined that the company did not provide adequate eye and respiratory
protection, failed to assess each worker for exposure to respirable
crystalline silica, and permitted workers to use jackhammers and concrete
saws without proper control methods.
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ArtiFlex Manufacturing was cited for
exposing workers to amputation hazards after an employee’s finger was partially
amputated. Inspectors determined that the company failed to guard pinch points
on a conveyor belt, a violation the company was also cited for in 2016.
ArtiFlex faces penalties of $213,411, and has been placed in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
Read the news release for more information.
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OSHA cited Hammers Construction, Inc., and
Montes Construction, LLC, after a worker fell while installing metal roofing
panels. Inspectors determined the companies failed to use adequate fall
protection and restrict workers from standing on the mid-rails of scissor
lifts. Montes Construction was previously cited for failing to provide fall
protection, and now faces a willful citation. OSHA proposed penalties totaling
$177,893. Read the news release for more information.
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Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health issued four citations and $47,080 in penalties to ABM Industry
Groups, LLC, for exposing working to falls and hazardous energy. Inspectors
concluded that the company failed to provide guard railing on an elevated
open-sided platform, train workers on the control of hazardous energy, and
conduct periodic inspections of hazardous energy control procedures.