Demolition companies among five firms falling foul of lead exposure regulations.
Five contractors who worked on the Resorts World New York City Casino in South Ozone Park have been slapped with 19 violations of workplace health and safety standards, including allegedly failing to protect workers from being exposed to high levels of lead, the federal government said this week.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration handed out a total of $127,400 in fines to the five companies — Jamaica-based Tutor Perini Corp., Navillus Contracting in Manhattan, LVI Demolition Services in Massachusetts, Manafort Bros. Inc. in Connecticut, and Blue Diamond Sheet Metal in Medford, New York.
The first four companies were cited for alleged “inadequate safeguards to protect workers exposed to airborne concentrations of lead while performing torch cutting operations,” according to OSHA.
Both LVI Demolition Services and Manafort Brothers received $28,000 in fines for four violations.
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