Bay State contractor fined by OHSA
The U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has slapped a Plainville, Mass. firm with fines stemming from job sites across the Commonwealth.
Shawnlee Construction LLC was fined a total of $164,000 for exposing its workers to overhead hazards at a job site in Newton and fall hazards at a project in Danvers. The firm was issued repeat citations at those locations due to previous violations for fall hazards at a job site in Charlton, and for overhead hazards at a project in Hudson. Proposed fines for the repeat citations total $140,000, coupled with an additional $24,000 in proposed fines stemming from seven citations for uncovered floor holes in Danvers and electrical, fire extinguisher, guardrail, debris, stairway and additional fall protection hazards in Newton.
Included in the fines was a $43,000 violation for the developer of the Newton and Danvers projects, Avalon Bay Communities of Alexandria, VA. Avalon currently has sites under construction in Shrewsbury and Northboro (read more here), and a completed community in Marlboro. Avalon Bay Communities was issued one repeat and five serious citations for fall, electrical, stairway, debris, fire extinguisher, and lighting hazards at the Newton jobsite.
Each employer has 15 days from receipt of its citations to request and participate in an informal conference with the OSHA area director, or to contest the citations before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
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