OSHA Issues Fine in Texas Silo Death

Port Elevator of Brownsville, Texas, was cited by federal workplace inspectors for three willful and eight serious safety violations following an investigation into a worker's death in a grain silo. The accident occurred April 27 when a worker, unprotected by a lifeline or body harness, fell into a grain elevator and was engulfed by grain. Proposed penalties total $120,500, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said Wednesday. John Giefer, OSHA Corpus Christi area director, said, "This tragedy might have been avoided if the company had complied...