Plumbing Co. Doused With Citations After Car Kills a Worker

The Philadelphia employer of a plumber who was killed after being hit by a passing car while repairing an underground leak has been hit with numerous safety citations and faces proposed fines of nearly $43,000. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says that Best Choice Plumbing Inc. did not do enough to protect its employee while he worked at night in the middle of a street fixing a leak. OSHA says a number of actions or inactions by the employer contributed to the risk of the worker being hit by a vehicle, including not providing a high-visibility vest or other s...