A Maryland residential framing contractor – cited for 136 willful, repeat, serious and other violations in 20 workplace safety inspections since 2020 – continues to expose its workers to falls from elevation, the construction industry’s most lethal hazard, inspectors with the according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

OSHA said it opened an inspection on Feb. 23, 2022, at a Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania work site as part of the agency’s construction targeting program, and determined that VD Construction Services of Hyattsville failed to provide workers with required fall protection equipment, had set up and used extension ladders in an unsafe and improper manner, and did not ensure that workers using pneumatic tools had eye protection. OSHA cited the company for three willful and three serious violations, and proposed $87,429 in penalties.

OSHA said violations from previous inspections included lack of fall protection, failing to provide safety equipment, and failing to develop and implement health and hazard communication programs.

According to the federal safety agency, falls from elevation cause more than a third of all construction-related deaths and can be prevented with fall protection equipment.

VD Construction Services has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA, or contest the findings before the independent review commission.

Topics Workers' Compensation Contractors Maryland

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