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F.R. contractor faces OSHA fines of $109,000

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Fall River-based Miranda Construction Co. Inc. faces proposed fines of $109,000 for allegedly exposing workers to serious fall hazards at a residential site in Newport, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today.

An inspection of a work site at 304 Broadway – begun June 19 in response to a report of unsafe conditions – found that Miranda employees were exposed to falls of up to 12 feet from an unguarded roof, and falls of up to 27 feet from an unsecured ladder and an unguarded pump-jack scaffold, OSHA said. In addition, the agency said, the scaffold’s supporting poles were not properly plumbed or secured, and Miranda employees working beneath the scaffold lacked protective head gear.

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