Lawrence Co. company faces OSHA fine ($72,000)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/612056.html

Posted on Sun, Jun. 08, 2008

HATTIESBURG, Miss. --
R.K. Wallace Construction Inc., of Hattiesburg, will pay a $72,000 fine under a proposal by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

OSHA has cited the company, doing business as Wallace Steel Erectors, with three repeat safety violations.

The company allegedly failed to protect employees from fall hazards at a Covington, La., work site. The company is based in Lawrence County.

An OSHA investigation found the company failed to provide workers with fall hazard equipment, did not provide training and did not ensure that a scaffold platform used to lift workers was secure.