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OSHA Citations

Published: October 9, 2009
Tags: aerial lift, air conditioning, Alpine Insulation Co. Inc., Appleton, Badger State Inc., Brookfield, citations, Eau Claire, electrical, excavation, eye and face protection, fall protection, fire protection, Fowler and Hammer Inc., Fred Michiels Construction LLC, Glover Metal Building Erectors Ltd., Green Bay, heating, housekeeping, La Crosse, Menasha, Oak Creek, osha, Payant Construction LLC, Phoenixparkside LLC, Pleasant Prairie, Plumbing, residential, Riley Construction Co. Inc., Rosenbrook Construction LLC, safety, scaffolding, stairways, training, Wiegert Enterprises LLC, Wimmer Development LLC, woodworking
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Payant Construction LLC, Green Bay, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 4 to reduce a $600 woodworking-tools citation to $420, a $450 electrical-wiring-design-and-protection citation to $315, a $1,050 scaffolding citation to $735 and a $1,500 fall-protection citation to $1,050. The company was issued the citations April 23 during an industrial building job at [...]

Poor economy pinches apprentices

Published: June 4, 2009
Tags: AFL-CIO, apprentices, Badger State Inc., Eau Claire Area Plumbing Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board Inc., Milwaukee County Labor Council

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Maxwell Thompson started working at Badger State Inc. two years ago with the expectation that he would be starting a plumbing apprenticeship by now. But the lack of construction work means some of the Eau Claire plumbing contractor’s journeymen are on the bench, and Thompson cannot begin his apprenticeship until things turn [...]