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