Help

BI’s Article search uses Boolean search capabilities. If you are not familiar with these principles, here are some quick tips.

To search specifically for more than one word, put the search term in quotation marks. For example, “workers compensation”. This will limit your search to that combination of words.

To search for a combination of terms, use quotations and the & symbol. For example, “hurricane” & “loss”.

Login Register Subscribe

Contractor admits to OSHA violation in worker death

Reprints
roof

A New Jersey general contractor admitted in federal court to willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards that led to the death of a worker, the U.S. Department of Justice reported Thursday.

Derico Ferreira, owner of Newark-based Trustworthy LLC, pleaded guilty to one count of willful violation of OSHA standards by failing to provide fall protection to employees installing a roof on a two-story home.

In October 2016, while Mr. Ferreira and four workers were working on the roof of the home, one of the workers — who was not wearing any fall protection at the time — fell and died from his injuries. The company did not have a guard rail installed and provided no personal fall protection to its workers on the roof, according to court documents.

If the court accepts Mr. Ferreira’s plea agreement, the company will be on probation for five years, be required to pay approximately $300,000 in restitution to the estate of the worker and comply with specific training procedures and other conditions to improve safety.

Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 15.

 

 

Read Next

  • Roofing contractor pleads guilty to lying to OSHA

    The owner of a construction company has pleaded guilty to making false statements and submitting false information to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in connection to an investigation over the safety of a job site it controlled, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.