News Briefs: Florida Utilities Company Cited by OSHA for Trenching Hazards

In this week’s news, a Florida utilities company is fined by OSHA following a trenching accident, work on the Rover Pipeline is again stopped, and a tunnel-boring machine in China set a new national record

OSHA cited Florida-based Jax Utilities Management Inc. for exposing employees to trenching hazards and issued $271,606 in proposed penalties. OSHA made the announcement March 12.

OSHA opened an investigation after an employee was injured when an unprotected trench collapsed....

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