Federal workplace safety officials have cited 12 businesses with safety violations in connection with partial collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans in which three workers died and 18 others were seriously injured.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Heaslip Engineering LLC, Citadel Builders LLC, Suncoast Projects LLC – doing business as Hub Steel – and eight subcontractors for safety and health violations at the hotel construction site in downtown New Orleans.
OSHA’s investigation determined that Heaslip Engineering LLC failed to adequately design, review or approve steel bolt connections affecting the structural integrity of the building, and issued one willful violation for the failure.
OSHA cited Citadel Builders LLC, the site’s general contractor, for three serious violations related to inadequate egress from the structure.
OSHA cited steel erector contractor Suncoast Projects LLC, for failing to maintain structural stability of building and cited other subcontractors onsite for serious violations related to emergency egress training, inadequate egress, fall hazard training and safety hazards.
Collectively, the companies face $315,536 in penalties.
In all, OSHA issued citations to Heaslip Engineering LLC, Citadel Builders LLC, Suncoast Projects LLC, HUTCO Inc, King Company LLC, Regional Mechanical Services LLC, Rush Masonary Inc., REYCO Inc, SS Construction and Consulting LLC, Southern Services and Equipment Inc., and F Mata Masonry LLC.
The companies have 15 business days from receipt of the citation and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Source: OSHA
Photo: This aerial photo shows the Hard Rock Hotel, which was under construction, after a fatal partial collapse in New Orleans, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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