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US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $127,000 in fines against 5 contractors for hazards at casino construction site in Queens, NY | Occupational Safety and Health Administration
US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $127,000 in fines against 5 contractors for hazards at casino construction site in Queens, NY
Region 2 News Release: 11-1744-NEW/BOS 2011-409
US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $127,000 in fines against
5 contractors for hazards at casino construction site in Queens, NY
NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited five contractors for a total of 19 alleged serious violations of workplace health and safety standards at the former Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, N.Y., which is being converted into a casino. The citations carry a total of $127,400 in proposed fines.
Four contractors - Tutor Perini Corp. in Jamaica, N.Y.; Navillus Contracting Inc. in Manhattan; LVI Demolition Services Inc. in Everett, Mass.; and Manafort Bros. Inc. in Plainville, Conn. - have been cited for inadequate safeguards to protect workers exposed to airborne concentrations of lead while performing torch cutting operations. A fifth contractor, Blue Diamond Sheet Metal Inc. in Medford, N.Y., has been cited for failing to provide fall protection and related training.
"Chronic overexposure to lead may result in severe damage to workers' blood-forming, nervous, urinary and reproductive systems," said Kay Gee, OSHA's area director for Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn. "The most effective way to protect workers is to minimize their exposure through engineering controls, good work practices and training, as well as the use of personal protective clothing and equipment, including respirators when required. However, these safeguards can be compromised if they are not all used at all times on all job sites."
For the lead-related hazards, Tutor Perini Corp. has been cited for five serious violations with $35,000 in fines; Navillus Contracting Inc. for four serious violations with $21,000 in fines, LVI Demolition Services Inc. for four serious violations with $28,000 in fines and Manafort Bros. Inc. for four serious violations with $28,000 in fines. Blue Diamond Sheet Metal Inc. has been cited for two serious violations with $15,400 in fines for the fall-related hazards. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
Detailed information on lead hazards and safeguards in construction and demolition work is available at http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/lead/index.html. Information on fall protection is available at http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/fallprotection/index.html.
The citations can be viewed at http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/aqueduct-racetrack.pdf*.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742), the agency's Manhattan Area Office at 212-620-3200 or its Queens District Office at 718-279-7060.