OSHA Fines Contractor $191K for Scaffold Hazards

DH Construction owner was cited for similar violations in 2014 at worksites for another company he owned

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a South Jersey construction company owner with a long history of workplace safety violations for exposing workers to serious scaffold hazards at a jobsite in Philadelphia. The owner, Vyacheslav Leshko faces $191,215 in proposed penalties.

OSHA inspectors responded to a complaint of unsafe working conditions at DH Construction LLC., and discovered employees performing masonry and bricklaying while working on a scaffold that was dangerously close to power lines. The owner was cited for eight repeat and two serious violations for exposing workers to fall and electrical hazards, failing to train employees on scaffold hazards, failing to develop and implement an accident prevention program, and not providing employees with hard hats.

Leshko was also cited in 2014 for similar violations at worksites for another company he owned, T&S Masonry.

Read more about the recent citations that OSHA issued to Vyacheslav.

The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

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