OSHA cited New Jersey contractor Brutus Construction for disregarding fall protection requirements, according to a news release from the agency. The agency cited the contractor for exposing workers to fall and other safety hazards while Brutus Construction was completing work in Souderton, Pa.
The Mount Laurel, N.J., contractor has been cited 19 times by OSHA in recent years for similar hazards. OSHA has levied nearly $440,000 in fines against Brutus Construction, most recently fining the contractor $166,658 for one serious and three willful safety violations. The contractor faces $181,699 in proposed penalties from OSHA for its most recent violations.
Agency inspectors observed employees without fall protection working on roofs during a residential construction project. Brutus Construction faces citations for willfully exposing employees to fall hazards, failing to providing fall protection training, and for several repeat safety hazards.
“Companies that fail to meet basic fall protection requirements place employees’ lives at risk,” OSHA Allentown area director Jean Kulp said in a public statement.
Brutus Construction has 15 business days from the receipt of the citation to comply, request an informal conference with its OSHA area director, or to contest the findings.
