OSHA Cites Contractor on High School Project for Dangerous Trench

Acting on a tip, federal work safety inspectors visited a suburban New Jersey high school this summer only to find contractors working in an unprotected 10-foot trench on what was to become a new tennis court.  Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors issued nine citations and a fine of $197,752 to The LandTek Group Inc., one of the mid-Atlantic region's largest general contractors, last month.  Verona High School brought in LandTek last year to construct new tennis courts and synthetic turf fields on its Verona, New Jersey, campus. The New York-based contractor...