Contractors Fined $158K After Two Worker Deaths

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two contractors for alleged safety violations after two workers suffered fatal injuries at a work site for the new JW Marriott Hotel in Orlando, Florida. PCL Construction Services Inc. and Universal Engineering Sciences collectively received citations for three violations, with proposed penalties totaling $157,792. The contractors have 15 business days to contest the citations. According to OSHA, the workers were pouring concrete on the seventh floor when the support structure collapsed. OSHA found the contractors had fail...