Labor Dept. Fines Hyde Park Contractor $200,000 for Cave-in Hazard in Framingham
Hyde Park Contractor to pay $200,000 fine and significantly overhaul safety practices after exposing employees in Framingham and Cambridge to cave-in hazards.
As part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor, P. Gioioso & Sons Inc., a Hyde Park contractor with a long history of violating excavation safety standards, has agreed to pay a $200,000 fine for exposing its employees to cave-in hazards. The contractor also will significantly overhaul its safety practices to minimize trenching hazards and enhance worker safety. P. Gioioso & Sons Inc., which primarily works on underground water and sewer mains, has been cited nine times since 2000 by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violations of OSHA’s trenching and excavation safety standards, most recently in 2011 at work sites in Cambridge and Framingham. OSHA found employees working in unprotected trenches …
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