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SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Sierra Pacific Industries has been fined $108,300 by Cal/OSHA for workplace safety and health violations after one of its employees was fatally injured when a pipeline on an air compressor exploded. Headquartered in Anderson, California, Sierra Pacific Industries is one of the largest lumber producers in the United States.
According to Cal/OSHA, on Sept. 17 an employee at Sierra Pacific's Lincoln facility was setting up a Quincy 300 Compressor when a pipeline on the air compressor exploded. Pieces of the pipeline hit two employees nearby, injuring one and killing another.
Cal/OSHA cited Sierra Pacific Industries for nine violations, including three serious accident-related, three serious, and three general in nature.