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Contractor Faces Nearly $75,000 in Fines for Cave-in, Other Hazards

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An unprotected trench and other hazards at a Walgreens construction site in New Haven, Conn., have resulted in OSHA proposing a total of $74,600 in fines against an Orange, Conn.-based contractor. Louis Gherlone Excavating Inc. was cited for a total of 11 willful, repeat, and serious violations of safety standards at a sewer line installation at the site, the agency reported yesterday.

OSHA opened its inspection on July 26, 2007, after an agency inspector spotted Gherlone employees working in unprotected trenches seven to nine feet in depth. OSHA standards require that all trenches five feet or deeper be protected against collapse. As a result, OSHA issued the company one willful citation, with a proposed $56,000 fine, for the lack of cave-in protection.

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