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Pa. contractor fined $208,560 for trench violations
A Pennsylvania contractor faces $208,560 in fines for several safety violations, including failing to protect workers from trench collapse, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The violations allegedly occurred August 17 at a construction site in Philadelphia. Etna Construction of Warminster, Pennsylvania, did not install cave-in protection inside the […]
March 12, 2019
Roadbuilding
Researchers use quarry by-product to improve pavement stability and longevity
Researchers constructed 12 HMA roadways and four construction platform test sections and subjected them to real-life traffic and environmental conditions.
February 18, 2019
Safety
Labor Dept. hikes penalty amounts for OSHA and MSHA violations
In November 2015, Congress enacted the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act to adjust civil monetary penalties for inflation and maintain their deterrent effect. EHS Today reports that the law directs federal agencies to adjust penalties for inflation each year, and requires agencies to publish “catch up” rules this summer to make up for lost […]
July 6, 2016
Roadbuilding
New law aimed to protect road workers
Minnesota has passed a new law aimed at protecting road workers. The law will enforce slower speeds in work zones, and set a definitive fine for those who don’t obey. The typical “fines will be doubled” signs will be replaced by signs clearly starting a minimum fine of $300. When workers are present, speed limits […]
July 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
Chicago mayor proposes increased fines for motorists “dooring,” bicyclists who break traffic laws
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday proposed plans to the City Council to increase fines for bicyclists who disobey traffic laws and for motorists who open their doors in the path of bicycles, the Chicago Tribune reported. The fine for bicyclists who violate traffic laws would increase from the current $25 fine to a minimum […]
May 9, 2013
Business
Delaware contractor won’t have to pay Black Friday work fine
While millions across the country got up early to shop last Friday to take advantage of a few good deals, six construction crews in Bethany Beach, Delaware went to work — and got just the opposite, USA Today reports. Contractor Bruce Mears, whose crew is building a home in the town, told USA Today that […]
November 30, 2012
Safety
Court rejects EPA’s Navistar engine exemption
A federal appeals court on June 12 rejected the Environment Protection Agency’s ruling that allowed Navistar to sell heavy-duty diesel engines that don’t meet the agency’s 2010 emissions standards limiting the amount of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in diesel exhaust. An interim final rule (IFR) issued in January allowed Navistar to pay fines and continue […]
June 12, 2012
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