Commission Partially Dismisses Citation for 'Hearsay' in Scaffolding Incident

A scaffolding company must pay a $7,000 fine after an employee was seriously injured from a scaffold component that rolled off an upper level and struck his arm as he worked on a project in Mobile, Alabama. In what became the final order of the Occupational Safety and Health Commission on Thursday, Baytown, Texas-based Precision Refractory Services LLC saw part of its citation dismissed over what the ruling called “hearsay” regarding the incident, reducing the original proposed fine of $8,702, according to Secretary of Labor v. Precision Refractory Services. I...