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The OSHA report

Published: January 11, 2010
Tags: A-1 Excavating Inc., Appleton, Badgerland Buildings Inc., citation, Dan Romenesko Builders Inc., Design Structures LLC, education, Endeavor Hardwoods Inc., equipment, excavation, fall protection, hand tool, hazard communication, highway, housing, J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc., ladder, Lyndon Station, Madison, Menzel Builders, Milwaukee, Mosinee, New Richmond, Northwoods Custom Builders Inc., Oak Creek, Oconomowoc, osha, power tool, record keeping, rough-terrain forklift, safety, scaffolding, Schofield, self-propelled elevating work platform, settlement, Shawano, Sky General LLC, stairways, street, Superior, training, U-Haul Co. of Wisconsin Inc., Zenith Tech Inc.
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OSHA reports • Design Structures LLC, Middleton, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 4 to pay a $375 hazard-communication citation and reduce a $375 hand-and-power-tool citation to $187.50. The company was issued the citations Oct. 21 during a nonresidential building job at 501 W. Rawson Ave., Oak Creek. • Endeavor Hardwoods Inc., Lyndon [...]

Contractors’ records catch OSHA’s attention

Published: August 18, 2009
Tags: accidents, audit, injuries, inspection, osha, record keeping
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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Federal safety inspectors are ready to crack down on contractors who fail to keep records of worker injuries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is drafting rules that make record-keeping audits an agency priority, and builders should get ready for inspectors who want to study injury logs when following up on worker [...]

Stimulus reporting rules spook contractors

Published: July 10, 2009
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Associated General Contractors of Milwaukee Inc., prevailing wage, record keeping, stimulus

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Contractors are risking the privacy of their personal information by bidding on stimulus projects. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires contractors report information about employees working on stimulus projects. The requirement could undermine a company’s ability to compete – by making sensitive information public – and it could open up personal [...]