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Avon, Mass., contractor faces $52,000 in OSHA fines for cave-in hazard on Revere Beach Boulevard

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An unguarded trench at a Revere, Mass., worksite has resulted in $52,000 in proposed fines from OSHA for an Avon, Mass.-based contractor.

D'Alessandro Corp. was cited for alleged willful and serious violations of trenching safety standards at a water line installation site at 400 Revere Beach Blvd. The citations and proposed fines follow an OSHA inspection that began on June 6 after OSHA was informed of the potential for a cave-in at that location.

OSHA found employees working in a six-foot two-inch deep straight-walled trench in sandy soil without any protection from a collapse of its walls. OSHA standards require that employees working in excavations five feet or deeper be protected against cave-ins. Protection can include shoring walls, using a trench box or sloping walls at a shallow angle.

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