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Convicted Rockland Roofer Agrees To Pay OSHA $687,536 For Endangering Workers At Bergen Site Convicted Rockland Roofer Agrees To Pay OSHA $687,536 For Endangering Workers At Bergen Site
Convicted Rockland Roofer Agrees To Pay Osha $687,536 For Endangering Workers At Bergen Site A roofing company will pay the government $687,536 for leaving workers vulnerable to potentially deadly falls at a Bergen County construction site, OSHA reported. The decision to stop fighting the fines and penalties came roughly a week before ALJ Home Improvement of Rockland County was to go to trial against the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration over conditions at a job site in Ho-Ho-Kus (see photo above). It also comes two months before Jose Lema, ALJ's founder and principal, is due to be sentenced in federal court for the February 2022 death of an employee at a constr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Worker Trapped In Trench At Construction Site In Westchester Worker Trapped In Trench At Construction Site In Westchester
Worker Trapped In Trench At Construction Site In Westchester Updated story: Worker Dies After Being Trapped In Trench Rescue crews are on the scene of a rescue/recovery effort in Westchester County after a construction worker became trapped beneath 10 feet of dirt when a trench collapsed at a construction site. The incident began around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4, on Shore Acres Drive in the Village of Mamaroneck, according to the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department. Emergency crews at the scene requested a vacuum truck to remove the worker from the cave-in.  Mamaroneck police escorted the specialized equipment to the scene in a…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
COVID-19: Retail Workers Across Country Stage 'Sickout' COVID-19: Retail Workers Across Country Stage 'Sickout'
Covid-19: Retail Workers Across Country Stage 'Sickout' Employees at some of the nation’s largest retailers are staging a one-day “sickout” strike on International Workers Day to protest conditions during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Hundreds of workers at Amazon warehouses, Target, Whole Foods, and employee shoppers at Instacart and Shipt called in sick on Friday, May 1 in protest of what they described as inadequate safety precautions during the pandemic. According to Target Workers Unite!, which organized the sickout, “foot traffic and guest behavior have been atrocious, putting us at needless risk when greater safety measures are…

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by Zak Failla
Business
COVID-19: Reports Of 'Mass Call Out' Of Employees 'Grossly Exaggerated,' Amazon Says COVID-19: Reports Of 'Mass Call Out' Of Employees 'Grossly Exaggerated,' Amazon Says
Covid-19: Reports Of 'Mass Call Out' Of Employees 'Grossly Exaggerated,' Amazon Says A planned “mass call out” of Amazon employees over safety concerns amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was “grossly exaggerated,” according to the retail giant. Hundreds of Amazon employees said this week that they have pledged not to go into work, according to worker rights group United for Respect. “Amazon's response to the coronavirus outbreak has unnecessarily put the lives of Amazon employees at increased risk and exposure,"  the group wrote online. "There are now over 130 warehouses where employees have contracted COVID-19 (Coronavirus) including some warehouses with …

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by Zak Failla