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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

OSHA Settlement On December Trench Fatality

The Chicago Tribume reports that A. W. Oaks & Sons, reached a $13,300 settlement with OSHA last week for three safety violations resulting from a December 2007 trench collapse that killed one worker. The settlement is $3,500 less than the amount of the original citation.

Read the article at the Chicago Tribune web site.

Labels: Construction Safety

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