As we all know, construction work is responsible for hundreds of fatalities and thousands of work-related injuries and illnesses each year. As the head of the OSHA Directorate of Construction, Jim Maddux dealt with a number of preventable, deadly incidents: A foreman operating a backhoe sent a worker into an unguarded trench. The water-soaked soil collapsed, killing the worker be-fore emergency crews could rescue him.
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