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A New Britain, Connecticut contractor bas been cited by the Occupational Safety and Heath Administration (OSHA) for violating safety standards. Agency inspections at worksites in Danielson and Newington, Conn. revealed 15 alleged repeat and serious offenses. BMA General Contractors LLC faces a total of $140,000 in fines for failing to protect employees against potentially fatal falls and electrocution hazards.
OSHA found employees at both locations exposed to falls of 19 to 29 feet while working on scaffolds and atop roofs without fall protection equipment or training. At the Danielson location, employees faced additional fall hazards from using ladders that did not extend at least three feet above the scaffold platform. Also at the Danielson site, employees were exposed to electrocution hazards due to the draping of an energized 240-volt power line atop and along the conductive aluminum frame scaffold on which they were working. Finally, employees at both sites also had not been adequately trained in recognizing fall hazards and in the erection and dismantling of scaffolds.
The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations to contest them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Source: https://www.ohsonline.com/articles/65424/
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
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Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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