Houston Company Fined for Cave-in Safety Violation

The Fishel Co. of Houston should have taken steps to protect employees from the dangers of a cave-in at a local excavation site this past winter, according to citations issued to the company by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The company now faces $99,500 in fines for allegedly not following established safety standards. OSHA's Houston South area office began an investigation on Jan. 28 following a complaint that employees were not protected against possible cave-ins while working in a trench more than 25-feet deep at the intersection of ...