2012 - 09/17/2012 - Everett, Mass., contractor faces more than $40,000 in fines from US Labor Department's OSHA for excavation hazard at Chelsea job site: ANDOVER, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Cavalieri Construction Co. Inc. for alleged willful and serious violations of safety standards at a Chelsea worksite. The Everett-based contractor faces a total of $40,700 in proposed fines for excavation hazards identified during OSHA's April inspection of the work site located at Washington and Addison streets.
OSHA found that workers were not protected from cave-ins or collapses while working in a trench greater than 5 feet in depth, with the deepest part of the trench reaching more than 9 feet in depth. The proposed penalty is $38,500. OSHA cited the company with a willful violation because it was not the company's first offense. A previous violation was cited in February for failing to protect workers in a trench at a Braintree worksite. A willful violation is one committed with intentional knowing or voluntary disregard for the law's requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health.
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