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Wisconsin Contractor Faces $144K Fine for Endangering Workers

Sep 19 2024 // A suburban Madison, Wisconsin contractor with a history of federal safety failures – including violations that led to an employee’s fatal injuries in 2022 – has again been found exposing workers to the...

Louisiana Commissioner Warns Against Contractor Fraud Post-Hurricane Francine

Sep 16 2024 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple is warning residents to be aware of contractor fraud following Hurricane Francine.Large storms events such as hurricanes provide an opening for dishonest services providers to...

Contractor’s Drilling of Hole Caused Leak in Underwater Tunnel to Manhattan

Sep 9 2024 // An underwater tunnel that passes beneath New York City’s East River sprung a leak last Wednesday after a city contractor mistakenly drilled a hole through it, sending streams of water into the heavily used passage as...

Contractor Agrees to Iowa Consent Order Regarding Unlicensed Public Adjusting

Sep 6 2024 // The Iowa Insurance Division entered into a consent order with a Midwest roofing contractor on Sept. 5 following a June cease and desist order against contractors acting as unlicensed public adjusters.IID alleges that...

Washington Contractor Fined for Using a Crane to Lift Workers After Elevator Breaks

Sep 6 2024 // A Seattle, Washington construction company is facing more than $150,000 in fines for putting workers at risk.Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited and fined Lane Construction Corporation in July for...

Washington Marble Contractor Fined $300K for Exposing Workers to Silica Dust

Sep 2 2024 // A Skagit County was fined nearly $330,000 for exposing workers to crystalline silica dust from cutting, grinding and polishing stone countertops.The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited and fined A+...

Small Contractors Are Often Unaware of Risk Issues They Face. An Agent’s Expertise Can Help with That.

Sep 2 2024 // We had some work done on our home recently and the contractor wasn’t what I was expecting. When I spoke with the GC (General Contractor), he told me that his sub (contractor) would be at my house, working on some...

Chicago Contractor Faces $268K Penalty for Exposing Workers to Deadly Fall Hazards

Aug 15 2024 // A federal workplace safety investigation has found that a metro-Chicago carpentry contractor with a long history of exposing employees to potentially deadly hazards again ignored regulations to protect workers from...

Oklahoma Contractor Faces $85K Fine Over Fatal Trench Collapse

Aug 9 2024 // An Edmond, Oklahoma contractor with a history of workplace safety violations dating back to 2018, including three related to the dangers in underground trenches, was found disregarding U.S. Department of Labor...

EEOC Sues Illinois Contractor for Disability Discrimination

Aug 7 2024 // Alto Ingredients, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial and food-grade, corn-based alcohols, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it terminated an electrician from its campus in Pekin, Illinois, because of...

El Paso Contractor Faces $260K Fine After Employee Fatally Injured in Trench Collapse

Aug 6 2024 // An El Paso, Texas contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old employee from suffering fatal injuries in February 2024 by following federally required safety standards to avoid trench collapses, the same failure for which...

California Contractor Settles EEOC Harassment Charge

Aug 5 2024 // Fremont, California-based contractor Superior Automatic Sprinkler Co. agreed to provide monetary and injunctive relief to a construction worker following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

Exxon Delays Golden Pass LNG to Late 2025 on Contractor Dispute

Aug 2 2024 // Exxon Mobil Corp. and QatarEnergy delayed the start of a $10 billion natural gas export project in Texas to the end of next year after lead contractor Zachry Holdings Inc. declared bankruptcy.The companies agreed other...

Indiana Contractor Faces $199K Fine for Exposing Workers to Deadly Falls

Jul 30 2024 // Twice in less than two weeks, federal workplace safety inspectors found an Indiana contractor exposing employees to deadly risks of falls from elevation while they did framing work at two homes under construction in...

Painting Contractor Cited by OSHA After Worker Falls 80 Feet from Water Tower

Jul 26 2024 // A New Jersey contractor whose employee fell 80 feet to the bottom of a Bayville water tower has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for allegedly failing to provide required...

California Contractor Settles EEOC Harassment Charge

Jul 23 2024 // Fremont, California-based contractor Superior Automatic Sprinkler Co. agreed to provide monetary and injunctive relief to a construction worker following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

Illinois Contractor Faces $354K in Fines for Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards

Jul 15 2024 // Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited an Illinois construction contractor for again exposing employees to falls from elevation — the industry’s leading cause of injury and death — as they did residential...

Government Contractors Guidehouse, Nan McKay Pay $11.3M for Cybersecurity Failure

Jul 5 2024 // Two government consultants have paid more than $11 million to settle allegations that they failed to meet cybersecurity requirements in a program for New Yorkers who applied online for federal emergency rental assistance...

Golden Pass LNG Warns of Delays After Contractor’s Bankruptcy

Jun 20 2024 // The developers of the Golden Pass LNG export facility that’s under construction in Texas warned of additional costs and delays due to the bankruptcy of contractor Zachry Industrial Inc.“Construction of a...

Illinois Contractor Faces $264K Fine for Exposing Workers to Deadly Fall Hazards

Jun 17 2024 // Federal workplace safety inspectors found an Illinois construction contractor — cited seven times since 2020 — again exposing employees doing framing work to the risk of deadly falls from elevation at two homes under...