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An Illinois plumbing contractor was issued more than $36,000 in penalties by OSHA for a trench death.

OSHA inspectors determined Rooter Solutions Inc. of Burr Ridge failed to install cave-in protection in the trench and did not require head protection, the agency announced Friday.

Federal workplace safety regulators have cited a suburban Chicago plumbing company for a trench collapse last year in which a worker died.

Federal investigators have determined the trench in Buffalo Grove where an Elmwood Park man died after being buried in December lacked required cave-in protections.

Federal workplace safety regulators have cited a suburban Chicago plumbing company for a trench collapse last year in which a worker died. Authorities say 27-year-old Nikodem Zarembra of Elmwood Park

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Federal workplace safety regulators have cited a suburban Chicago plumbing company for a trench collapse last year in which a worker died.

The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration reports that 39 workers had died in trenching and excavation work in 2022.

The company faces a citation for one willful and one serious violation and $35,940 in proposed penalties.

Rooter Solutions Inc. has been cited for one willful and one serious violation and proposed penalties of $35,940 after a trench collapse in Buffalo Grove, Ill., the US Department of Labor said Thursday.

The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration reports that at the end of November, 35 workers had died in trenching and excavation work.