After learning that they engaged in dangerous practices concerning the evaluation of asbestos contamination and the removal of asbestos-containing materials, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined an upstate New York company $50,000.

Superior General Contracting, of Buffalo suburb Cheektowaga, has been cited for 10 serious workplace health violations by OSHA. The violations allegedly occurred on a job site where asbestos-containing pipe insulation was being removed as part of a remodeling project.

OSHA claims that Superior General Contracting did not fulfill any of the federal requirements and procedures regarding asbestos removal.