Tuesday 25 September 2012

OSHA cites Carter Construction in Loveland, Ohio, for exposing workers to trenching hazards

LOVELAND, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Loveland-based Carter Construction Co. Inc. with four – including two willful – safety violations for exposing workers to excavation hazards while installing an underground storm sewer pipe in a 20-foot-deep trench in Montgomery. OSHA's June inspection was conducted under the agency's National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation. Proposed penalties total $68,500."Carter Construction has a responsibility to ensure that workers are properly protected from known workplace hazards such as trench cave-ins, a leading cause of death and injury in excavation work," said Bill Wilkerson, OSHA's area director in Cincinnati. "OSHA is committed to protecting workers, especially when employers fail to do so."

US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Carter Construction in Loveland, Ohio, for exposing workers to trenching hazards

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