Precision Plumbing Faces $334,000 Fine After Worker Buried

Precision Plumbing LLC has been cited with two willful and six serious violations and proposed penalties of $333,949 after a worker was accidentally buried in a nine-foot trench while connecting a plumbing line to a municipal sewer in Salina, Kan., according to the US Department of Labor Monday.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors determined the trench lacked protection against cave-ins, and found the employer also created hazards by allowing soil piles and equipment within two feet of the excavation’s edge.

OSHA also cited Multicon Inc., the general contractor, for one serious violation and proposed penalties of $14,063 for ...