Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Hampshire Roofing Contractor Faces $234K in OSHA Penalties
Mar 1 2023 // Federal workplace safety inspectors have again cited a Derry, New Hampshire contractor for not protecting their employees against potentially lethal falls, this time at worksites in Merrimack and Salem. The Occupational...
DOL Recovers OT Pay for NC Workers Misclassified as Independent Contractors
Feb 23 2023 // More than 180 workers at a North Carolina company will receive about $1,000 each in overtime pay after the U.S. Department of Labor found that the workers had been misclassified as independent contractors. “Employers...
Washington Contractor Fined $400K for Safety Violations in Fatal Trench Collapse
Feb 15 2023 // A Kent, Washington contractor is facing more than $400,000 in fines for safety violations that led to the death of a construction worker last year in Renton. Surjit Gill, 36, was killed when the dirt walls of the trench he...
OSHA Cites Connecticut Contractor for Worker’s Death in Trench Collapse
Feb 2 2023 // A federal investigation has found a Connecticut contractor’s failure to provide legally required safeguards and make sure they were in place to prevent trench collapses contributed to the death of an employee buried...
Kentucky Contractors Workers’ Comp Insurance Fund Moves Into New Headquarters
Jan 27 2023 // One of the largest providers of workers’ compensation insurance in Kentucky has a new home. Or, rather, a home – its first physical headquarters. The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’...
Attorney for La. Insurer Says Firm Working with Contractors to Find New Hurricane Claimants
Jan 25 2023 // An insurance defense attorney accuses the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm of teaming up with restoration contractors to illegally acquire clients, which sometimes resulted in duplicate lawsuits being filed...
Washington Contractor Fined $400K for Repeat Fall Protection Violations
Jan 23 2023 // The owner of a Washington state framing company is facing nearly $400,000 in fines for allegedly allowing crew members to work high above the ground without fall protection, according to the state Department of Labor and...
Texas Fencing Contractor Fined $20K After 15-Year Old’s Death
Jan 11 2023 // A federal workplace safety investigation into how a 15-year-old worker tragically suffered fatal injuries while installing fencing in Guthrie has found the employer failed to follow required workplace safety...
Washington Contractor Fined $400K for Repeat Fall Protection Violations
Dec 27 2022 // The owner of a Washington state framing company is facing nearly $400,000 in fines for allegedly allowing crew members to work high above the ground without fall protection, according to the state Department of Labor and...
OSHA Cites Ohio Roofing Contractor for 8th Time
Dec 16 2022 // For the eighth time since 2016, federal safety inspectors say they have found the owner of a Martin roofing company exposing roofers and other workers to the construction industry’s leading cause of death –falls...
OSHA Fines Arkansas Contractor $287K for Worker Deaths
Dec 9 2022 // Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that an Arkansas construction contractor failed to test oxygen levels in the confined space before two workers entered a sewer 20 feet below ground at an Edmond work...
Unlicensed Contractor, Deputy Sheriff in Florida Charged in Insurance Fraud Cases
Dec 8 2022 // An unlicensed contractor and a deputy sheriff in Florida have been charged in separate incidents of contracting fraud and insurance fraud, state and local authorities said. Ty Lamonte Hillman was arrested this week after...
Washington Contractor Faces Felony Theft Charge in Reported Workers’ Comp Scam
Dec 5 2022 // An Everett, Washington, man reportedly caught remodeling homes while claiming he was too injured to work has been charged with felony theft in a workers’ compensation fraud case. Terry Lee Dawson, 62, is accused of...
Washington Contractor Faces Theft Charge over $127K in Workers’ Comp
Nov 23 2022 // A Clark County, Washington, man was charged with stealing $127,000 in workers’ compensation benefits for working at his own construction business while claiming he was too injured to work. Daniel Joseph Lesieur, 54,...
Washington Contractor Faces Felony Theft Charge in Reported Workers’ Comp Scam
Nov 22 2022 // An Everett, Washington, man reportedly caught remodeling homes while claiming he was too injured to work has been charged with felony theft in a workers’ compensation fraud case. Terry Lee Dawson, 62, is accused of...
Illinois Contractor Faces $277K in Fines for Deadly Fall Hazard Exposure
Nov 15 2022 // Three times in four months, federal safety inspectors observed workers employed by a Calumet City roofing contractor exposed to deadly fall hazards at job sites in Lake Zurich and Wheeling. In each instance, the...
2 Contractors Face $690K OSHA Fines Over Mezzanine Collapse, Asbestos at Boston Plant
Nov 14 2022 // Two Massachusetts contractors are facing a combined $690,000 in penalties for alleged safety errors that led to worker injuries during a demolition and asbestos abatement project at a former South Boston power plant. On...
Contractor Hits a Wall as Insurer Denies Rectification Coverage Claim
Oct 25 2022 // A Maryland general contractor has spent almost $10.5 million to fix an improperly installed concrete wall system in a school it was hired to build and wants its insurer to reimburse it under a rectification expense...
Nebraska Court: Contractors with Assigned Benefits Can’t File Bad-Faith Claims
Oct 21 2022 // A restoration contractor that had been assigned benefits by a policyholder cannot pursue a bad faith claim against an insurer because it was not a party to the insurance contract, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday in...
Ohio Contractor Faces $1 Million in Fines for OSHA Violations
Oct 10 2022 // A Millersburg, Ohio, contractor with a long history of disregarding workplace safety standards now faces more than $1 million in penalties after an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...
