New Jersey

Bergen County contractor to pay OSHA $2 million for endangering workers

One of New Jersey’s most flagrant violators of federal workplace safety laws – who continually puts workers at risk of serious injuries or worse – is personally liable for $2 million in penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a federal administrative law judge has ruled.

The judge, with the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, granted the department’s motion for summary judgment against Palisades Park contractor Juan Quevedo-Garcia, owner and principal of BB Frame LLC, following five OSHA inspections at four Bergen County worksites beginning in December 2019.


Juan Quevedo-Garcia

Violations found during these inspections led OSHA to propose $2,004,225 in penalties against BB Frame LLC, and Quevedo-Garcia individually. ... Earlier in 2019, Quevedo-Garcia had dissolved his previous framing company, Frame Q LLC, after having racked up over $700,000 in unpaid OSHA penalties for similar prior violations; but he nonetheless continued to do business under the Frame Q trade name.

In December 2019, OSHA conducted two inspections of BB Frame LLC doing business as Frame Q. The first was in response to a complaint at a worksite in Cliffside Park that resulted in nine safety violations and a $520,860 penalty. The second, at a Fort Lee location, resulted in five citations and a proposed penalty of $426,785.


Magda Quevedo-Garcia

That same month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella charged the contractor and his wife, Magda Quevedo-Garcia, with money laundering and tax evasion.

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