GL Construction of Madison LLC, Sun Prairie, Wis., was again found exposing workers to fall hazards during a federal safety inspection in February, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company has a history of federal safety failures, including violations that led to an employee’s fatal injuries in 2022. The company is not an NRCA member.
OSHA compliance officers opened their inspection after observing six employees of GL Construction of Madison at a Verona, Wis., residential construction site doing framing work up to 12 feet off the ground without required protective equipment.
OSHA issued citations for one willful, two repeat and five serious violations and proposed $144,505 in penalties.
The willful and repeat violations relate to similar safety failures OSHA found during its investigation of the April 2022 fatality of a GL Construction of Madison employee struck by a more than 1,000-pound wall that tipped over as a work crew tried to use a crane to lift the structure in high winds. OSHA cited the company for nine serious and two other-than-serious violations for that incident.
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