Demolition Company Fined $150K After Worker's Death in Bridge Beam Collapse

The federal workplace safety agency fined an Illinois demolition company about $150,000 this month for hazards that led to a worker's death in a bridge beam collapse one week before his 48th birthday. The accident took place in April during construction on the bridge over Interstate 90 in Des Plaines. An overstressed 40-ton beam collapsed because Omega Demolition Corp. had not followed safety protocol to keep pressure off the beam, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. Vicente Santoyo, 47, of Berwyn, was standing in an aerial lift cutting steel bracing between the ...