Proposed penalties: $41,580
Quote: "Alton Industries Inc. continues to put its employees in considerable danger despite previous violations for unsafe and potentially lethal excavation work. This practice will not be tolerated," said Christopher Robinson, director of OSHA's Pittsburgh Area Office. "Without proper protection, trenching and excavating sites can become deathtraps for workers in the blink of an eye."
View the citations: http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/AltonIndustriesInc_11002384.pdf
To ask questions; obtain compliance assistance; file a complaint; or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Pittsburgh Area Office at 412-395-4903.
Media Contact:
Leni Fortson, 215-861-5102, uddyback-fortson.lenore@dol.gov
Release Number: 16-600-PHI (OSHA 16-032 Alton Industries)
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