Has OSHA Resumed Strategy of Publicly Shaming Employers?
On December 1, 2017, OSHA issued a news release on its website announcing that citations had been issued by the agency against Manafort Brothers, Inc. for alleged violations at a construction cite in Portsmouth, N.H. The citations proposed penalties of $329,548 for allegedly exposing employees to mercury and respiratory hazards. The news release included a statement by OSHA’s Area Director opining: “These hazards were certainly preventable.”
