OSHA“严重违规者”案件在2016年初稳步增长| 2016-05-25 | ENR

Some firms already in the program are established building construction or highway construction contractors.

2016年5月25日

斯科特·范·沃里斯（Scott Van Voorhis）andRichard Korman

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Federal safety officials have added, through mid-April, 21 new construction-industry cases to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Severe Violators Enforcement Program, according to a tabulation made by ENR.

关于60% of the 520 or so companies that OSHA has placed in the program are construction-related, reports Business Insurance, an industry publication. Listing in the program subjects employers to stepped-up inspections and enforcement. OSHA also issues critical press releases about the companies in the program, a practice some employer attorneys have described as public shamings.

Most are local or regional players, though some are well-known industry employers with years of successful work.

位于威斯康星州的伦达建筑公司（Lunda Construction Co.）最近三年来第二次登陆了OSHA的严重违规者名单。今年早些时候，OSHA以105,000美元的罚款额为伦达（Lunda），这是一场故意的和五项严重违反的罚款，这是由于去年9月的一次事故而造成的。

伦达（Lunda）在“严重违规者”计划中的第一个任期是在2013年，当时卡车司机死亡，另一名卡车司机在威斯康星州奥什科什附近的起重机崩溃中受了重伤。

Another company that appears on the list is Flintlock Construction Services, a New York City-based general contractor that specializes in hotels and apartments. OSHA cited Flintlock in 2013 and again cited the company last year, following a complaint and inspection. Agency records show that Flintlock is contesting those proposed fines, but company officials could not be reached for comment.

自2010年以来OSHA launched the “severe violators” program，它继承了以前的计划，该计划被认为是与反复违规者打交道的未能处理的 - 该机构扩大了受该计划加强检查的雇主数量和类型。

In addition to general contractors and construction managers, various types of specialty contractors are in the program, including steel erectors, tower erectors and roofing contractors.

OSHA has targeted Maine-based Lessard Brothers Construction for alleged repeat safety violations, including several related to fall protection.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has held Lessard in contempt for failing to pay the fines; in January, the court rejected a petition for a rehearing. In February, the court entered the judgment as a mandate, according to Ted Fitzgerald, spokesman for OSHA’s New England regional office. The U.S. Labor Dept.’s top lawyer is now reviewing the case and “determining the next appropriate steps,” the department notes in a press statement.

同时，早在2015年1月，OSHA袭击了Lessard Brothers Construction，并因未能为工人提供秋季保护而额外罚款287,000美元。无法联系公司的校长发表评论。

斯科特·范·沃里斯（Scott Van Voorhis）writes regularly for ENR about risk management, insurance, and the Canadian engineering, construction and infrastructure sectors. He launched his own freelance writing business in 2008 after nearly two decades as a reporter and business columnist for the Boston Herald, Boston Business Journal and The Eagle-Tribune.

副主编理查德•科曼ENR的编辑新利18备用风险Review newsletter since 2012, helps run ENR's business coverage, selects ENR's commentary and op-ed viewpoint submissions and oversees editorial content on ENR.com. He recently completed a fellowship on drone safety with the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. In 2015 he won the Timothy White Award from American Business Media for investigations of individual surety fraud and workplace bullying. Richard's freelance writing has appeared in the Seattle Times, the New York Times, Business Week and the websites of The Atlantic and Salon.com. He admires construction projects that finish on time and budget, pay before the earth completes its annual orbit of the sun, record zero injuries and assign risk to parties who control an activity or willingly finance the risk.