Dive summary:

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has imposed an $8,400 fine on Ellison-Mills Contracting, based in Case Grande, Ariz., after investigating how a worker was killed by a shovel bucket during installation of an 8-inch waterline in August.
• The worker was in a trench when he was hit by the bucket that OSHA said did not have a quick coupler to secure it.
• The fine covers what OSHA concluded was failure to visually inspect the equipment, failure to instruct the operator about not using equipment close to workers and failure to make sure the work area was free from recognizable hazards.

From the article:

Ellison-Mills Contracting has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with the OSHA area director or contest the finding....