The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued Wanzek Construction, Oakdale, Neb., with one serious safety violation for exposing workers to struck-by hazards following an investigation into the death of a 40-year-old crane operator on May 27, 2015.
The worker was not wearing a safety restraint while operating a 90-ton rough terrain crane which slipped into a ditch, overturned and crushed the operator as it rolled off an embankment. He had been employed on the jobsite for only 10 days.
The serious safety violation carries a proposed $7,000 penalty.
