A contractor has been fined more than $7,000 for workplace safety violations following a November death at an Auburn construction site.
According to an update last week on , an employee of Fabsite Industries was using a Stihl Cut-Off Saw to cut sections of granite curb Nov. 1 at the Cayuga Museum of History & Art when the saw kicked back and fatally lacerated his neck and upper chest.聽
Fabsite, of Phoenix, was fined $4,965 on March 27 for failure to "furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees." The fine was settled for $4,468.50 on April 16.
The contractor was also fined $2,837 for not taking sufficient measures to prevent employees from being exposed to respirable crystalline silica while the curb was being cut. That fine was settled for $2,553.30, also on April 16.
A representative of Fabsite hung up when reached by phone by 人兽性交 on Monday morning.聽
The construction was part of the West End Arts Campus, a $4.7 million project to unite the museum and the聽Schweinfurth Art Center on Genesee Street with new entrances, lighting, signage, walkways and more. In a statement in November, the museum told 人兽性交 the death was a "tragic incident." The museum and the center declined further comment out of respect for the privacy of those affected.聽
The museum and center will host a ribbon-cutting for the West End Arts Campus at 1 p.m. Friday, May 2, followed by a day-long celebration on Saturday, May 3.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was created in the early 1970s.
Executive Editor David Wilcox can be reached at (315) 282-2245 or david.wilcox@lee.net.
