Pennsylvania company named a 'severe violator' after worker killed in trench collapse
Submitted by jerry.havens on Wed, 2016-02-10 10:37
Pennsylvania company named a 'severe violator' after worker killed in trench collapse
An employee working inside a 12-foot-deep trench was killed when an adjacent trench wall collapsed and buried him. His employer, Williamsport, Pa.-based Susquehanna Supply Company Inc., had been working under contract for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. OSHA issued citations for two willful violations for lack of cave-in protection. Proposed penalties total $140,000. Susquehanna Supply was placed in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program* due to the willful violations and the company's extensive history of violations dating back to the early 1970s.
