Road Contractor Corp., Long Branch: OSHA silica citation
Workers at Road Contractor Corp. in Long Branch, New Jersey were exposed to silica dust, and OSHA cited the company for it. On June 5, 2024, the Labor Department made the citation public.
What inspectors found at the whole workplace goes in the citation; your own health and work there decide whether you can claim.
- Penalty proposed, all hazards
- $819,417
- Violations across every hazard cited
- Willful: 9; repeat: 9; serious: 14
- Announced
- June 5, 2024
- Citation issued by
- OSHA
- Where
- Long Branch, New Jersey
- Work performed
- Contractor for wood framing and sheathing on homes
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Inspection reason: OSHA's National Emphasis Program on Falls prompted the inspections.
Silica dust: the findings
- On residential job sites run by the company, workers faced silica hazards.
- No training on recognizing silica hazards was given to workers by the company.
More hazards in this citation
- None of the eight inspected sites got required fall protection from the company.
- Portable ladders were used unsafely by employees, and machines ran without the required guards.
- Eye and face protection wasn't provided, and the company had no program for hazard communication or written exposure control either.
The employer's time to answer the citation: Once the citations arrived, the employer had 15 working days to comply, to ask OSHA's area director for an informal conference, or to dispute the findings in front of the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Did you work at Road Contractor?
Concrete, brick and stone give off silica dust when demolition, cutting and drilling happen on building sites. Workers' comp is where a silicosis claim normally begins, if Road Contractor employed you. A lawyer can check if a product manufacturer or another contractor could be sued too.
Two ways to claim in New Jersey
Workers' comp claims in New Jersey
The Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Workers' Compensation is where you file a workers' comp claim in New Jersey (official site).
A lawsuit against the manufacturers
A suit aimed at whoever made the stone or the equipment counts as a different claim, with a deadline all its own. How silicosis lawsuits work
Free claim review by phone
Labor Department release 24-1098-NEW is the official source. Labor Department news releases supply these records, which get refreshed monthly.
Other New Jersey employers cited for silica
- U.S. Tank Painting Inc. in Bayville