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® January 5 2022 Vol. LXIV • No. 1
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Wagman Leads MD 32 Widening Work By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
CEG Editor Pete Sigmund Passes Away at Age of 91...14
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King of Prussia Equipment, MQ-Whiteman Host Seminar...30
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A Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) project involving MD 32 at Linden Church Road in Howard County is heading toward a summer 2022 completion date. Construction started in June 2019 on the $126.8 million project, which was awarded to Wagman Heavy Civil Inc. of York, Pa. The 6.6-mi. project involves widening a section of MD 32 (Patuxent Freeway) from a twolane road to a four-lane highway. The contract calls for the installation of two 12-ft. lanes in each direction, along with 4-ft. inside and 10-ft. outside shoulders in each direction and a 34-ft. open section median. In addition, a new two-lane access road will be constructed west of MD 32 from Vistaview Drive to MD 144 and the Triadelphia Road Bridge over MD 32 was reconstructed, completed in September 2020. Additional work includes proposed storm water ponds and swales to remove pollutants from storm water runoff, new drainage culverts and box culverts, landscaping and reforestation, new signage, lighting and signals and a variety of drainage, precast box culverts and bridges with caisson foundations and pile foundations. see WAGMAN page 94
The contract calls for the installation of two 12-ft. lanes in each direction, along with 4-ft. inside and 10-ft. outside shoulders in each direction and a 34-ft. open section median.
Will You Be Left Holding the Bag?
Aggregate and Recycling Section ..........................52-70
OSHA Specifies Contractor Safety Responsibilities On Job Site
Attachment & Parts Section ......................................71-78
By Lucy Perry
Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................79-85 Auction Section ............88-97 Business Calendar ............93 Advertisers Index ..............98
Who does OSHA look to first when multiple contractors are at work on a job site where safety is called into question? If your company has any control over the work process, the agency’s Multi-Employer Worksite Policy specifies that the responsibility likely falls on you. Have you done everything you could to prevent an accident? OSHA uses the policy to assess responsibility on a construction site where there are likely many different companies at many different contract levels. The four employer categories are creating contractor, exposing
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contractor, fixing contractor and controlling contractor. As the name implies, the creating contractor creates a hazard resulting in an incident or accident. The exposing contractor puts his or her employees in harm’s way whether they created the hazard or not. The fixing contractor, who may or may not be the creating contractor, is responsible for fixing the safety violation. Finally, the controlling contractor holds contracts with and has authority over the contractors on site. “An exception may come when a creating contractor has already demobilized from the site, and the correction see OSHA page 46
