An Arkansas construction company faces $47,600 in penalties for failing to protect employees working in a trench that was 7 to 8 feet deep from cave-ins.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Boyles Construction Inc. of Little Rock for one willful, seven serious and one other-than-serious violation on Oct. 14.
In addition to allowing workers to work in an unprotected trench, the company also failed to provide protective helmets and a safe means to exit the trench, failed to maintain excavation material at least 2 feet from the edge of the excavation, and failed to...
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