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OSHA: St. Louis contractor reaches $71,603 settlement for trench violations
A St. Louis contractor has reached an informal settlement of $71,603 in penalties for exposing workers to possible trench collapse, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. On February 14 in St. Charles, Missouri, an employee of J.H. Berra Construction was installing a sewer pipe in a 13- to 14-foot trench that had […]
September 9, 2019
Roadbuilding
DOT owes Palm Beach over $300K
In 2010 the Florida Department of Transportation paid Palm Beach $1.046 million when it took all but 1,598 square feet of a 14,744-square-foot parcel at the southeast corner of the Flagler Memorial Bridge to make room for a replacement bridge. The town would go on to sue the DOT, saying that amount wasn’t enough. After […]
August 20, 2014
Roadbuilding
Contractor must pay $5 million in back pay
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has secured nearly $5 million in back wages for about 500 workers on the federally assisted Grand Street Guild construction project in New York City’s Lower East Side, which involved the refurbishment and rehabilitation of three 26-story apartment towers MDG Design & Construction, the general contractor on the project, […]
June 11, 2014
Business
DOL reaches agreement with contractor for $5 million in back wages for 500 workers
Approximately 200 construction workers will receive $3.8 million in back wages and fringe benefits after a settlement between the U.S. Department of Labor and MDG Design and Construction for wage violations at the federally-assisted Grand Street Guild construction project in New York City. MDG had previously repaid more than $1.1 million in back wages to […]
June 10, 2014
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