Company Fined $181K For Hazards At Souderton Construction Site

SOUDERTON, PA — A construction company that has frequently violated federal safety regulations faces heavy fines after exposing workers to safety hazards at a Souderton worksite.

The U.S. Department of Labor has assessed Brutus Construction, based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with $181,699 in penalties.

An OSHA inspector said workers did not have any fall protection at the residential construction site, and that they were also not provided with fall protection training.

“Companies that fail to meet basic fall protection requirements place employees’ lives at risk,” said OSHA Allentown Area Director Jean Kulp, calling the company's dangerous actions "willful."

Brutus has been cited a total of 19 times in the past and been fined nearly $440,000 in total.