Effingham Council approves FY25 budget, capital improvement plan
The Effingham City Council this week approved a new budget and a five-year capital improvement plan.
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The Effingham City Council this week approved a new budget and a five-year capital improvement plan.
Groundworks Contracting Inc. of Illinois reached a $41,000 settlement with OSHA after facing initial fines over $77,000 for trenching violations.
“Safety is the key to our company. We just want to make sure everybody goes home safe at night to their families,” said Jason Richter, owner of Groundworks Contracting Inc. out of Breese.
A federal workplace safety inspectors found Groundworks Contracting of Breese, Illinois, failed to protect workers who were installing storm sewer lines from the risk of trench cave-ins on a least five occasions.
Groundworks Contracting Inc. of Breese, Illinois ignored a city's engineers instruction to use trench cave-in protections, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.