Proposed penalties: $147,000
Quote: "This trench collapse should have never happened. It is completely inexcusable for an excavation contractor not to provide cave in protection for all employees working in trenches," said Christopher Robinson, director of OSHA's Pittsburgh Area Office. "OSHA will not tolerate employers not meeting their legal responsibility."
View the citations: http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/MarkMashudaExcavatingInc_1050178.pdf
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