Agencies are publish “catch-up” rules that adjust the level of civil monetary penalties in complying with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act.
In this jam-packed Legal Insights, Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese discusses what to do when challenging OSHA citations, nonfatal workplace injuries and crane operation safety.
The penalties are in addition to a proposed $633,500 in OSHA penalties – still mostly unpaid – for similar violations found during 16 inspections since 2004.
The company's foreman failed to protect workers from known hazards as they did residential framing work on new homes under construction in Lake Zurich and Wheeling
