The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has affirmed a workplace safety citation and $122,364 in penalties against a Rhode Island company after finding it to be in default for failing to properly respond to the complaint.
The review commission found that Coventry-based Romancing the Stone Inc. missed various deadlines for contesting a citation and proposed penalties by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, despite extensive correspondence from OSHA representatives.
The citation and penalties stemmed from work site inspections in August and November 2022. The citation alleged three failure-to-abate violations of OSHA’s general industry safety standards.
The review commission stated that the company’s conduct in ignoring or missing required response deadlines was “demonstrative of a pattern of disregard for these proceedings.”