$175,000 in Fines Against Contractors in Mississippi
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Monday, May 18, 2009
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The
U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) is proposing $175,000 in penalties against W.G.
Yates & Sons Construction and Spectrum Concrete Services following
the November 2008 collapse of a wood shoring system at Jeff Anderson
Regional Medical Center's medical towers addition in Meridian, Miss.
Workers
were pouring concrete for the second floor of the building when the
floor collapsed, injuring eight employees of the two companies. W.G.
Yates & Sons Construction Co. was the general contractor at the
site and had contracted with Spectrum Concrete Services LLC to pour and
finish the concrete.
OSHA is proposing two willful violations
with penalties of $140,000 and five serious safety violations with
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