6 of the biggest OSHA fines of Q3 2022
6 of the biggest OSHA fines of Q3 2022
An Ohio roofing contractors alleged repeated violation of fall protection standards led to a fine of over $1 million.
Published Nov. 9, 2022
Zachary Phillips
Editor
Some of the largest OSHA citations levied against contractors in the third quarter of 2022 included fines worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The agency continues to focus efforts on fall protection failures. The fines in this list largely pertain to continued violations of fall protection standards. In fiscal year 2021, OSHA and related state agencies issued citations for fall hazard violations more than any other workplace standard. Falls are one of the Fatal Four the most common hazards resulting in death in construction along with electrocutions, struck bys and caught in/betweens.
Read on for some of the most expensive fines OSHA issued from July to September. Construction Dive reached out to each firm for comment but had not received responses by publication time.
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Sunrun Installation Services
Fines: $227,067
Status: Issued
In July,
OSHA cited Sunrun Installation Services with two willful and one other-than-serious violation for alleged infractions of the agencys fall and head protection standards. OSHA fined the power and communication line and related structures contractor $227,067 for the violations.