The U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday announced a settlement agreement with a New Jersey contractor that was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after workers were exposed to high-voltage power lines at a work site.
As part of the agreement, Wayne-based Litana Development Inc. will pay $180,000 in penalties for two willful citations it was issued as general contractor at a Paterson, New Jersey, work site where workers employed by subcontractors were discovered working near live power lines.
Litana and the subcontractors had been ordered by a judge to stop work within 11 feet of the power lines, which were eventually relocated across the street in order for work to resume.
Under the settlement, Litana must create and submit a safety plan to OSHA, inform the agency of all current and future work sites, implement a subcontractor management plan, and retain a safety professional to complete a job hazard analysis for all existing and future work sites.