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« Lower-cost healthcare plan announced by state | Today | Judge orders tribe members back to court » December 18, 2006OSHA fines Fall River company for safety violationsA Fall River construction company faces $40,000 in federal fines for violations of workplace safety regulations at a job site in Newport last summer. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that Miranda Construction did not take mandatory precautions to prevent workers from injuries should they fall from high places. Miranda was cited for similar hazards last year in Cranston and North Dartmouth. In August, Miranda employees were working on the roof of the Seascape condominiums, 3-5-7 Beacon Hill Road, when an OSHA inspector observed the safety deficiencies. “The inspector observed workers painting some trim without fall protection,” OSHA spokesman Ted Fitzgerald said. Miranda has until Jan. 5 to request an administrative hearing to contest the fines – that’s 15 business days after the company received the citation. -- Journal staff writer Richard Salit “Falls are the number one cause of death in the construction industry, and fall protection is an essential safeguard,” OSHA’s area director Patrick Griffin said in a statement. “This employer knows that effective fall protection must be used whenever employees work six feet or higher, yet apparently chose to forego this common sense, life-saving protection.” OSHA deemed the violation willful and assessed a penalty of $28,000. Two repeat citations, with an additional $8,000 in fines, were issued for not developing a fall protection training program for employees and for lack of head protection for an employee working at ground level. Finally, two more “serious” citations, resulting in an extra $4,000 in fines, were issued for a scaffold platform that extended too far over its end points and an extension ladder put up at an unsafe angle. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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