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5th Circuit Weighs OSHA Enforcement Action Testing Crane Standard Reach


July 26, 2022 at 05:49 PM
A Texas construction firm is suing over OSHA’s citation for a 2016 accident where a worker was seriously injured when a crane touched a live power line during disassembly, after the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) twice rejected the employer’s defenses -- including that the crane safety standard should not apply.

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