Dive Brief:
- D'Ambra Construction Co. Inc. has been cited for a Rhode Island project in which workers were putting pipe in a roadside trench that was 6 to 7 feet deep.
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors charged that nothing had been done to prevent a cave-in.
- OSHA has proposed a $56,000 penalty.
Dive Insight:
This case is a great example of how bad luck can catch up with violations that no one was ever expected to see. The OSHA inspectors were on their way to a different site when they passed the trench, saw debris from the roadbed being knocked in by passing vehicles and did not see anything to protect workers if a wall gave way without warning.
