Granite Construction Cited in Workplace Death

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two contractors, Granite Construction Company of California, Inc., and Granite-Rizzani de Echer, for failing to protect workers from fall hazards at the St. Andrews Bay Hathaway Bridge construction site where one worker fell to his death Dec. 14. The agency is proposing penalties totaling $49,300. According to OSHA investigators, the accident occurred when workers were attaching pre-cast concrete sections to the bridge structure. A Granite Construction employee was standing on a ladder positioned against ...