Fall-related violations were behind most of the biggest fines OSHA issued to construction companies in the second quarter of this year, but burn and asbestos hazards made a showing as well, according to “Construction Dive” magazine.
However, what stands out most about this group of contractors is that one of them, Shawn D. Purvis, has been charged criminally in relation to a death that occurred on one of his company's jobsites. Once unheard of, prosecutors have been more willing to file criminal charges against construction companies, their executives and supervisors after a workplace accident, usually when serious injury or death results.
Another notable case, one of the most high-profile in recent years, was brought against Harco Construction, based in New York City, after one of its employees died in a trench collapse. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. led the charge against the company
and secured
a manslaughter conviction.
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