A drywall contractor in Florida received a $75,000 fine and 14 safety violations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died on a job site in July, according to Kate Hinsche from The Real Deal.
Violations of safety rules on job sites are now more expensive, as the Labor Department announced its annual cost-of-living adjustments to OSHA civil penalties for 2024.
In the Jan. 26 Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will announce public meeting sessions for the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health and its workgroups on Feb. 21 – 22.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will start having its employees wear safety helmets instead of hard hats. The helmets will better protect against head injuries while employees are inspecting job sites.
On Dec. 19, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its 2022 data on occupational fatalities, which showed an overall increase of 5.7 percent and that the construction and transportation industries had the highest fatality rates.
It’s a streak no one should be happy about. For the 13th year in a row, fall protection (general requirements) is OSHA’s No. 1 safety violation. Additionally, ladders came in third and fall protection (training requirements) was eighth in the agency’s annual list of its Top 10 violations.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its top 10 most frequently cited federal health and safety violations for fiscal year 2023, and the top four entries relate to construction fall protection standards.