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Construction Company Fined for Using Crane to Lift Workers

Friday, September 6, 2024 | 0

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a Seattle construction company is facing $155,300 in fines for knowingly putting workers at serious risk of injury or death by using a crane to lift them after an elevator broke down. The department said it cited and fined Lane Construction Corp. in July after workers used a crane lift to get in and out of a 95-foot vertical shaft at a construction site for the Seattle Public Utilities Ship Canal Water Quality Project. “Workers told inspectors the construction elevator that was supposed to take them in and out of the sha...

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