A South Carolina cement company has agreed to pay the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) penalties reduced from 115,200 dollars to 92,000 dollars for three violations of ground control and training standards in a case in which a trench wall collapsed and buried a contract worker. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Judge Gary Melick approved the settlement agreement between Holcim (U.S.) Inc. and the agency in a May 2 decision. The fatal accident occurred in September 2003 at Holcim's Holly Hill Facility, a surface limestone quarry and cement plant located in Orangeburg County, S.C. Holcim had contracted with Bor-ton LC to perform construction projects at the mine, and had contracted with Dorchester Excavating Inc. to perform excavation projects, including excavation for the retaining wall where the accident occurred.
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