Four Companies Cited after Death of Plumbing Co. Worker

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited four Tallahassee, Florida-based companies for serious and willful safety violations after the death of a 25-year-old employee of Miller’s Plumbing and Mechanical Inc. last July, OSHA announced in a release. While working on a residential project at Florida State University, the employee died after being struck and crushed by a material/personnel elevator carriage that wasn’t enclosed on all four sides. OSHA’s investigation of the fatality found that the employer allowed a window-frame opening in a building u...