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City, OSHA Sofa Store Settlement

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Mayor Joe Riley announced yesterday that the state’s Office of Occupational Safety and Health and the city have reached a settlement on fines and penalties stemming from the June Sofa Super Store fire that killed nine firefighters and brought national attention to Charleston and the antiquated way we fight fires.

OSHA’s original citations amounted to more than $9,000 in fines (now reduced to about $3,000), but the city’s argument against the penalties was hardly about the money and more about the language used in admonishing the fire department. The state office had claimed the city “willfully” neglected industry standards in command protocol at the scene of the fire. Legally, the city couldn’t sit by and leave that accusation of responsibility without comment.

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