Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Contractor Error Blamed for Hawaii Toxic Foam Spill
May 8 2023 // An investigation found that a spill of about 1,300 gallons of fire suppressant at a fuel facility in Hawaii was caused by a maintenance contractor improperly installing an air vacuum valve, U.S. military officials...
Cal/OSHA Cites Equipment Company, Refers Contractor for Prosecution in Confined Space
May 8 2023 // The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited Meeder Equipment Co. of Rancho Cucamonga and referred D&D Construction Specialties Inc. of Sun Valley for criminal prosecution in two separate cases of...
Texas Court: Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers
May 8 2023 // Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed by a contractor’s employees who were badly burned while working at an Exxon refinery, the Texas...
What Contractors Should Know About the Build America, Buy America Act
May 4 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. high quality Galvanized steel pipe or Aluminum and chrome stainless pipes in stack waiting for shipment in warehouse Battling back from the Great Depression,...
Texas Contractor Fined $257K After Fatal Trench Collapse
Apr 27 2023 // A Houston-area contractor’s repeated failure to follow federal workplace safety procedures during excavation operations contributed to a worker’s death near Manvel in October 2022, a federal workplace safety...
Cal/OSHA Cites Equipment Company, Refers Contractor for Prosecution in Confined Space Deaths
Apr 21 2023 // The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited Meeder Equipment Co. of Rancho Cucamonga and referred D&D Construction Specialties Inc. of Sun Valley for criminal prosecution in two separate cases of...
Texas Court: Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers
Apr 18 2023 // Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed by a contractor’s employees who were badly burned while working at an Exxon refinery, the Texas...
Two Contractors to Pay $1.24 Million to Resolve Fraud in Whittier Bridge/I-95 Project
Apr 6 2023 // Walsh Construction Co. and Melo’s Rodbusters, Inc. have agreed to pay $1.24 million collectively to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they participated in a fraudulent scheme to take advantage of the federal...
Australia Contractor Downer Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Misreporting on Contract
Apr 3 2023 // Australian contractor Downer said on Monday it faces a shareholder class action for allegedly making some misrepresentations and withholding certain information about a maintenance contract in its domestic utilities...
North Dakota Contractor Fined $505K After Failing 3 Inspections
Mar 30 2023 // Twice in 2022, the owner of a Mandan, North Dakota excavation company sat behind the controls of an excavator, supervising employees below as they installed municipal water lines in trenches as deep as 10 feet without...
Washington Contractor Fined $300K for Wage Violations
Mar 28 2023 // A Vancouver, Washington contractor was found to owe $201,223 in wages and interest to 20 employees on construction projects at four area schools. The contractor, 360 Sheetmetal LLC, and owner Beverley Martin, were also...
Unlicensed Roofing Contractor in Florida Charged After Soliciting Homeowners
Mar 27 2023 // Florida authorities on Friday charged a man with unlicensed contracting, insurance fraud and failing to obtain workers’ compensation coverage on his workers, after he solicited Tampa-area homeowners for roof...
Court Rules Uber, Lyft Can Classify Gig Workers as Contractors
Mar 14 2023 // Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other gig economy companies scored a victory after a California appeals court upheld the current law classifying gig workers as independent contractors instead of employees. The...
DOL Says It Recovered $330,000 from NC Contractor that Misclassified Workers
Mar 7 2023 // The U.S. Department of Labor said it has recovered about $330,000 in back wages from a North Carolina contractor that misclassified workers as independent contractors. “Employers who misclassify employees as...
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...
