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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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Minnesota Excavation Firm to Pay $380K OSHA Penalty, Increase Employee Safety Training April 22, 2021
A Minnesota-based excavation company has agreed to increase employee training on trenching and excavation hazards and pay a $380,000 penalty in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Wagner Construction Inc. additionally will develop detailed site-specific safety plans and has employed a full-time safety manager to protect workers from deadly excavation hazards.
Wagner Construction committed to changing its safety procedures and training after three North Dakota job site inspections in 2019 and 2020 that found employees of the company exposed to excavation hazards.
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