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How Tech Can Improve Safety & Project Performance

Construction Business Owner

Whether your work involves commercial projects, water/sewer, pipeline excavation or demolition, you never want to be hit with a costly Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violation, which can range from $15,625 per violation to a maximum of $156,259.

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OSHA Cites Contractor Following Trench Collapse

Construction Equipment

Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Ballard Construction Co. 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…

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OSHA Fines Contractor and Temp Staffing Agency $152,618

Construction Equipment

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. after a temporary employee installing sewer lines suffered a fatal injury in a trench collapse in Huntsville. All Power Construction Corp.

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Sewer Contractor Fined for Trenching Hazards

Construction Equipment

OSHA has cited Kuechle Underground Inc. 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. of Kimball, Minn.,

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OSHA Fines South Florida Utility Contractor-Again

Construction Equipment

Trench, water, and sewer work is dangerous work. Still, after 4 worker deaths, $282,103 in OSHA fines, and numerous citations since January 2017, working for D.N. Workers doing such work for Douglas N. Higgins Inc., Higgins, Inc. find it can be so dangerous, some of them die. Higgins, Inc. seemingly hasn't gotten any safer.

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Sewer Company Cited After Cave-Ins at Two Job Sites

Construction Equipment

OSHA has cited Taylor’s Drain and Sewer Service for 10 safety violations, including two willful. OSHA found that the company failed to protect workers from cave-ins during trenching operations at two separate jobs sites in Lincoln, Neb., OSHA has proposed penalties of $194,000.'

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Exceptionally Safe Worksite Awarded OSHA Commendation

Construction Equipment

Kana Pipeline, based in Placentia, California, specializes in 'wet' pipeline installations such as sewer, water, and storm drainage structures. Partnering with Southern California's OSHA consultation program early last year, Kana worked with its pipeline crews and clients to maintain a safe worksite.

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