Inspectors with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were alerted that workers constructing a five-story apartment building were too close to nearby power lines, according to documents from OSHA.
for putting workers at risk of electrocution by allowing them to work near energized high-voltage power lines at Paterson worksite, officials said Tuesday.
When OSHA inspectors arrived, they discovered workers on a metal scaffold setup within five feet of the high-voltage lines, officials said. In June, labor department attorneys received a temporary court order to enforce OSHA’s notice of “imminent danger,” according to the agency. Labor officials and Litana ultimately negotiated a consent injunction on July 5 that allowed work to resume work as long as workers remained 11 feet away from the power lines.
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