Once again, 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.
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.
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