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Contractor wanted for Super Sewer testing phase

Construction Enquirer

London’s new super sewer client Tideway is set to start the hunt for a contractor to maintain thousands of infrastructure assets through the project’s performance and reliability testing phase. The contractor will also be responsible for any reactive maintenance activities.

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Sewer Contractor Fined for Trenching Hazards

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for failing to protect workers from cave-in hazards after an employee’s leg was broken when a trench wall collapsed during a residential sewer line installation. OSHA has proposed fines of $46,200 for the company, which specializes in sewer installation, and placed the company in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.'

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OSHA Cites Contractor Following Trench Collapse

Construction Equipment

a sewer and water utilities contractor, for exposing employees to excavation hazards after a worker was injured and hospitalized following a trench collapse. The contractor faces… Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Ballard Construction Co.

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Video: Sewer-Gat(or)

Construction Equipment

Monday, the Martin County Sheriff's office in Florida received a call from a contractor asking for help to get a five-foot alligator out of a large underground water pipe. Just after 11:00 a.m. Florida Fish and Wildlife took over the job and sent a local trapper to the jobsite where the gator had attempted to hide in the pipe.

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Contractor Placed on "Severe Violator" List after Repeated Trench Violations

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Mike Neri Sewer & Water Contractor Inc., Mike Neri Sewer & Water Contractor Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill., has been placed in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program following a series of repeat trenching violations. Proposed penalties total $110,440. Elk Grove Village, Ill., April 8, 2013. read more'

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Man Dies In Trench Collapse, Contractor Previously Fined

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A worker from Miami County, Ohio, died in a trench collapse at a home construction site while trenching for sewer pipe. The man was found after a neighbor noticed machinery running with no operator. According to Dayton Daily News, officials quickly determined they would be recovering the man’s body…

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OSHA Fines Contractor and Temp Staffing Agency $152,618

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after a temporary employee installing sewer lines suffered a fatal injury in a trench collapse in Huntsville. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited All Power Construction Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama and staffing agency Labor Finders of Tennessee Inc. All Power Construction Corp.

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