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Excavation Company Will Soon Increase Trenching Hazard Training for Employees -- Occupational Health & Safety

Wagner Construction Inc. signs a settlement agreement with OSHA. By Shereen Hashem Apr 27, 2021 A Minnesota-based excavation company will now begin to train employees on excavation hazards, trenching and developing detailed site-specific safety plans. Wagner Construction Inc. employed a full-time safety manager to protect workers from deadly excavation hazards. Following three North Dakota job site inspections in both 2019 and 2020 that found employees exposed to excavation hazards, Wagner construction committed to changing its safety procedure and training in a settlement agreement with OSHA. According to an article, the agreement requires the company to pay a $380,000 penalty to provide immediate training on excavation hazards to employees, supervisors and managers, hire a third-party safety consultant, provide OSHA with addresses of its 2021 job sites for inspections, hold weekly supervisor meetings and form a corporate safety committee. The company’s safety and compliance

Minnesota contractor fined $380,000 for trench violations

hazardous trenches, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Three inspections in 2019 and 2020 found 13 violations by Wagner Construction of International Falls, Minnesota, for jobs in North Dakota. Initial penalties for the combined violations totaled $583,334 but were reduced after the company contested them. The violations include inadequate cave-in protection, soil piles placed directly on the edges of trenches, no ladders in the trenches, workers without hard hats, workers in trenches with accumulated water without proper precautions taken, and the competent person on site not removing workers from potential cave-in conditions. The company also faces proposed penalties of $9,446 after a worker was injured from being crushed by the counterweight of an excavator on August 11, 2020. This proposed penalty is not part of the $380,000 settlement, and the company is contesting it, according to

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