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According to multiple Cincinnati-area media outlets, OSHAâ(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) proposed fines totaling $192,510 against a pair of contractors involved in a power plant collapse that killed two northeastern Kentucky men on Dec. 9.
Jamie Fitzgerald, of Ashland, and Doug Gray, of Greenup, died in December at the site of the Killen power plant in Adams County, Ohio. Grayâs body was found days after the collapse. Fitzgeraldâs body was discovered weeks later.
Adamo Demolition Co., based in Detroit, faces three new violations indicating the company failed to properly monitor the explosive demolition process, according to WCPO in Cincinnati. WCPO reported that OSHAâproposed fines tallying $180,222 for the violations in addition to a $1,502 fine proposed in February for a paperwork violation.
OSHA proposes $194K in fines for Adams County power plant collapse
Adamo Demolition to challenge citations
Maddie Schmidt, WCPO 9
and last updated 2021-05-25 16:30:05-04
CINCINNATI â The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed new fines totaling $192,510 against two contractors involved in the Dec. 9 collapse that killed two men at the Killen power plant in Adams County.
Detroit-based Adamo Demolition Co. faces three new violations alleging the company failed to properly monitor the explosive demolition process, leading to the deaths of Jamie Fitzgerald and Doug Gray. OSHA proposed fines totaling $180,222 for those violations in addition to a $1,502 fine proposed in February for a paperwork violation.
Company to resume search for missing employee in power plant collapse Drone video shows the collapse at Killen Generating Station in Adams County By Kim Schupp | December 23, 2020 at 2:32 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 3:02 PM
ADAMS COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - The Adamo Group said the U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is permitting them to resume work in the recovery efforts of a missing employee at the Killen Generating Station demolition site.
Adamo Demolition Co. of Detroit, Michigan, was tearing down the former coal-fire plant on U.S. 52 near Manchester when it collapsed on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Three workers were rescued and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries the same day.
Last weekend, search crews found the body of Clyde “Doug” Gray.
A fifth worker, Jamie Fitzgerald, remains unaccounted for.
“Based on the observations and knowledge of our team and the first responders on site, our immediate focus is recovering our missing employee and ensuring the safety of the crews working on the recovery effort,” Adamo said in a statement.
According to Adamo, recovery is expected to be completed in mid-to-late January.
“Adamo continues to fully cooperate and take direction from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) investigation team and local officials - including providing all requested data and documentation – to safely conduct the recovery operation of Mr. Fitzgerald and to determine the cause of the incident.