Excavation Firm Once Again Hit With Trench-Collapse Danger Citations

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Chicago excavation firm for exposing its workers to trench-collapse hazards. OG Plumbing LLC received one repeat violation and one willful violation citation for not providing cave-in protection on a 6-feet-deep trench where its workers were installing a water line. The willful violation was because the company had been cited three other times (in 2013 and twice in 2014) for the same violation, according to OSHA. The repeat violation (cited once each before 2013 and 2014) was for not providing a stairway, ladder, ramp or othe...