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    :: Sunday, January 01, 2006 ::

    the good, the bad and the ugly... not everybody makes it home for the holidays

    Sewer contractor fined for unsafe conditions - Bradford County Telegraph, FL
    During the second inspection, our compliance officer requested that an employee be removed from an unsafe trench. The worker climbed out of the trench, and moments later the wall collapsed,' said James Borders, OSHA's Jacksonville area director.
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    Employee Fatality Case Yields Maximum Fines For Contractor - Safety.BLR.com
    Electrical contractor L.E. Myers was sentenced December 8 following the company's conviction in May for violating five OSHA standards that caused the death of a young employee on the job for just 2 days when he was killed in 1999.
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    Man killed by wood chipper owned company - Windsor Tribune, CO
    The coroner's office ruled Morse died by accident after a gloved hand was caught in the wood chipper and he was pulled through.
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