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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