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Monday, April 21, 2008
Influenced, OSHA bends
There are more problems in Las Vegas. In last Friday's edition the Las Vegas Sun reports:
"State safety officials sharply reduced violations and fines against the Orleans [Boyd Gaming Corp] for its role in two worker fatalities last year after one of Gov. Jim Gibbons’ top political appointees became involved in the investigation, the Sun has learned."
They also report that "The case so angered Boyd’s safety manager, Don Barker, and OSHA inspector John Olaechea, who investigated the accident, that both men quit their jobs."
This is about an incident in which two employees where killed and a third injured. The article states that this happened on "Feb. 2, 2007. While attempting to fix a pipe that was causing a sewage backup, Orleans plumber Richard Luzier fell into a manhole. Engineer Travis Koehler entered to save him. Both lost consciousness. A third employee, David Snow, went down to save the other two and also became unconscious. Luzier and Koehler died at the scene. Snow recovered after spending several weeks on life support."
You can read the complete article on the Las Vegas Sun web site.
"State safety officials sharply reduced violations and fines against the Orleans [Boyd Gaming Corp] for its role in two worker fatalities last year after one of Gov. Jim Gibbons’ top political appointees became involved in the investigation, the Sun has learned."
They also report that "The case so angered Boyd’s safety manager, Don Barker, and OSHA inspector John Olaechea, who investigated the accident, that both men quit their jobs."
This is about an incident in which two employees where killed and a third injured. The article states that this happened on "Feb. 2, 2007. While attempting to fix a pipe that was causing a sewage backup, Orleans plumber Richard Luzier fell into a manhole. Engineer Travis Koehler entered to save him. Both lost consciousness. A third employee, David Snow, went down to save the other two and also became unconscious. Luzier and Koehler died at the scene. Snow recovered after spending several weeks on life support."
You can read the complete article on the Las Vegas Sun web site.
Labels: Construction Safety, OSHA Fines
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