OSHA to fine Pro Steel Buildings in scaffolding deaths of three employees
As its investigation into the August electrocution deaths of three Hardin County workers continues, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced one citation and a $7,000 fine against the workers' employer.
Samuel Anderson, 20, Trevor Riddick, 26, and Gary Worthman, 31, employed by Silsbee-based construction company Pro Steel Buildings, died Aug. 8 when the scaffold they were moving came into contact with a 7,260-volt power line. The men were erecting a metal building at Streamline Well Testing off U.S. 69.
OSHA in October flagged Pro Steel Buildings for a violation of the federal standard that states, in this case, scaffold should not be within 10 feet of a power line.
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One of Anderson's family members told The Enterprise in August that the workers were instructed to move the scaffolding from Streamline's main building to the construction site through a specified path. The three opted to take a shortcut, the relative said.
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