Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Contractor Fined $228,000 for Exposing Workers to Hazards
Aug 30 2022 // A Dundee, Ohio contractor with a long history of federal workplace safety violations has added an additional $228,126 in fines to $108,318 in unpaid penalties with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Reuters: Attacks on Gasfield in Northern Iraq Drive Out U.S. Contractors
Aug 30 2022 // A series of rocket attacks on a gasfield in northern Iraq has sent the U.S. contractors working on its expansion packing, dealing a blow to the Kurdish region’s hopes of boosting its revenues and offering a small...
Illinois Contractor Faces $303,000 in Fines for Deadly Workplace Exposures
Aug 29 2022 // A Roselle, Illinois contractor with a long history of federal workplace safety violations who currently owes more than $390,000 in penalties, added an additional $303,105 in proposed fines for once again exposing workers...
OSHA Cites Maryland Contractor for 136 ‘Willful, Repeat, Serious’ Safety Violations
Aug 25 2022 // A Maryland residential framing contractor – cited for 136 willful, repeat, serious and other violations in 20 workplace safety inspections since 2020 – continues to expose its workers to falls from elevation, the...
Florida Sting Operation Busted 13 Contractors Without Workers’ Comp
Aug 19 2022 // Unlicensed contractors, all without proper workers’ compensation insurance on their workers, have been charged in another law enforcement sting operation in Florida, authorities said. The state’s chief...
ER Docs Are Independent Contractors, But Hospital Still Controls, Florida Court Finds
Aug 16 2022 // As in many business and commercial liability disputes, it’s all about the wording of the contract, a Florida appeals court decided in a medical malpractice case that could affect hospitals’ relationships with...
Maryland Court Affirms Limits on Hiring Firm Liability for Contractor Negligence
Aug 16 2022 // The mother of a man killed on a Baltimore construction site who was barred by Maryland’s workers’ compensation law from suing the contractor hired by the city has lost a bid to hold the city and subcontractor...
Louisiana Roofing Contractor Fined $249,000 for Failure to Comply with Safety Standards
Aug 15 2022 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana roofing contractor who ignored federal safety inspectors’ February 2022 warnings that not complying with required fall protection standards exposed their workers to serious dangers now faces...
New Jersey Contractor Arraigned for Worker Death at Poughkeepsie Construction Site
Aug 4 2022 // A New Jersey construction company and its principal have been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety regulations at a Poughkeepsie, New York construction site where a wall collapsed, killing a worker in...
Eight Contractors Charged in Florida Workers’ Comp Sting Operation
Aug 4 2022 // Eight Florida men have been charged with contracting without a license and failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, after a sting operation led by state and local authorities. The Manatee County...
Louisiana Roofing Contractor Fined $249,000 for Failure to Comply With Safety Standards
Aug 2 2022 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana roofing contractor – who ignored federal safety inspectors’ February 2022 warnings that not complying with required fall protection standards exposed their workers to serious dangers –...
Wisconsin Roofing Contractor Fined $94,000 for OSHA Violations
Aug 1 2022 // Despite the potentially deadly consequences of its actions, an Appleton, Wisconsin contractor allowed three roofers to work at heights up to 18 feet without anchoring their fall protection, making it useless in preventing...
Nothing’s Easy in Hard-Working Contractors’ Market; Risks Include Inexperienced Workers, Inflated Costs and Inferior Materials
Jun 20 2022 // No other industry has weathered a global pandemic, economic changes, and a decade-long shortage of skilled labor better than the construction industry. Contractors have shown they are a hardy bunch, adapting to a hard...
Markets/Coverages: Skyward Specialty’s Renewable Energy Cover; IMA, Parametrix Downtime Policy; Contractor Safety Discounts From Procure, Shepherd
Jun 13 2022 // Skyward Specialty Launches Renewable Energy Contractor Coverage Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is now offering a renewable energy contractors coverage targeting contractors specializing in wind and solar energy...
Florida Contractor Group Already Files Suit Challenging New AOB Fee Restrictions
Jun 1 2022 // A group of contractors wasted little time in challenging the constitutionality of a law approved at the Florida Legislature’s special session last week, one the restoration companies argue singles them out and...
Ohio Supreme Court: Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors
May 27 2022 // Ditch diggers who accepted work assignments online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be classified as independent contractors by a company that contracted with Time Warner Cable to install...
Illinois Contractor Fined $378,000 for Exposing Workers to Deadly Fall Hazards
May 24 2022 // A Roselle, Illinois contractor’s history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations and penalties – and a willingness to expose its workers to serious injuries or worse – continues, as...
FEMA Contractors Not Liable for Misrepresentations About Flood Risk
May 16 2022 // The North Fork of the White River in southern Missouri is a nationally known fly-fishing destination, teeming with brown and rainbow trout. The stream is fed from underground springs in the Ozark Mountains, keeping its...
FEMA Contractors Not Liable for Misrepresentations About Flood Risk
May 3 2022 // The North Fork of the White River in southern Missouri is a nationally known fly-fishing destination, teeming with brown and rainbow trout. The stream is fed from underground springs in the Ozark Mountains, keeping its...
Illinois Contractor Faces $360K Fine Over OSHA Violations
May 2 2022 // A Waukegan, Illinois contractor – with a history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations – was cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
