An accident that paralyzed a Pennsylvania construction worker prompted an investigation by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and more than $97,000 in penalties against his employer and the general contractor.
OSHA said the 30-year-old worker was installing gutters on new apartment and condominium buildings in West Chester, Pennsylvania on July 6, 2015 from a makeshift platform on a rough terrain forklift that elevated him three stories. The platform toppled and the worker fell 40 feet onto rubble below, causing permanent injuries including paralysis from the waist dow...
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