A federal appellate court ruled that a general contractor was properly fined for safety violations at a job site in Massachusetts that were allegedly attributable to its subcontractor.
Case: A.C. Castle Construction Co. v. Acosta, No. 17-1537, 02/07/2018, published.
Facts: In October 2014, two construction workers fell 20 feet from the roof of a residential building in Wenham, Massachusetts. Both workers suffered serious injuries.
Investigators with the Massachusetts Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that the workers fell because a spruce board being us...
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