A Suamico company is being fined $180,000 by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
That’s because OSHA says the company wasn’t protecting their employees from being hurt if they fell while doing work on two different sites.
OSHA says one incident was seen in May 2023 when “the company’s employees were working about 30 feet above the ground on a Menasha apartment complex roof without adequate fall protection.”
Thirteen days later, an inspector observed a project manager employed by Overhead Solutions LLC of Suamico hand out caffeinated energy drinks to subcontractors on a 10-foot-high roof in Appleton, a kindness undermined by the fact that workers lacked fall protection and the manager did not correct the hazard and protect them from the construction industry’s leading cause of death.
Inspectors also found the company had no documented accident prevention plan and noted the site’s project manager did not correct fall protection hazards in plain view.
OSHA Appleton Area Director Robert Bonack says, “Overhead Solutions’ continued willingness to ignore federal safety regulations is putting its employees and subcontractors at risk of potentially serious and fatal injuries.”
The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
