2012 - 10/05/2012 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Nashua, NH, contractor for repeat, serious trenching violations at Middlesex County, Mass., work site: ANDOVER, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Nashua, N.H., contractor for alleged repeat and serious safety violations at a Middlesex County, Mass., utility installation work site. Newport Construction faces a total of $30,310 in proposed fines chiefly for trenching hazards at the site, which is located at the corner of Route 62 and Network Drive on the Bedford/Burlington border.
Inspectors from OSHA's Andover Area Office were driving by the intersection en route to another work site when they observed employees working in what appeared to be an unprotected excavation. An inspection was opened on the spot and the trench, which was deeper than 5 feet, was found to lack both cave-in protection and a means for workers to swiftly and safely exit the trench in the event of a collapse or other emergency.
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