OSHA Issues Significant Fines for Six Trenching Violations

摘要

OSHA has cited McLendon Enterprises, Inc. of Vidalia with six workplace safety violations and has proposed $124,250 in penalties.rnThe citations came after an OSHA compliance officer observed company employees working in a trench without cave-in protection at a jobsite in Hinesville last September.rnThe safety agency issued three willful violations, carrying proposed penalties of $38,500 each for allowing workers inside an 11-foot-deep trench without safe egress and without cave-in protection.