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OSHA reports

• Sanders Construction Inc., Machesney Park, Ill., must pay a $400 abatement-verification citation because the period to contest the violation with a Wisconsin OSHA office has ended. The company was issued the citation June 3 following a framing job at 2919 S. Park Ave., Beloit.

• Barlament Erection Crane Rentals, Green Bay, reached a formal settlement with OSHA on June 13 to reduce a $2,000 rigging-equipment-for-material-handling citation to $750 and a $2,800 cranes-and-derricks-inspections citation to $750. The company was issued the citations June 28, 2012, during a specialty trade job in Hobart.

• Orva Yoder, Cambria, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 22 to reduce a $2,800 fall-protection citation to $1,960. The company was issued the citation June 27 during a roofing job at N0796 Linden St., Dalton.

• Pember Companies Inc., Menomonie, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 23 to reduce a $3,500 specific-excavation-requirements citation to $2,200 and a $4,900 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation to $2,000. The company was issued the citations June 27 during a water- and sewer-line job at 8590 Highway 51 N., Minocqua.

• Firkus Masonry Inc., Stevens Point, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 24 to reduce a $2,000 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation to $1,400. The company was issued the citation July 1 during a masonry job at 1802 Second St., Wausau.

• Platinum Builders Inc., Union Grove, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 24 to reduce a $2,400 fall-protection citation to $1,200 and a $1,600 ladders citation to $800. The company was issued the citations July 3 during a framing job at 3902 17th Place, Kenosha.

• Thomas Hribar Truck & Equipment Inc., Sturtevant, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 25 to reduce a $4,900 fall-protection-training citation to $2,450, a $4,900 general-safety-and-health-provisions citation $2,450, a $4,900 lead citation to $2,450, a $4,900 asbestos citation to $2,450, a $4,900 cadmium citation to $2,450, a $4,900 inorganic-arsenic citation to $2,450 and two fall-protection citations, totaling $9,100, to $4,550. The company was issued the citations July 3 during a site preparation job at 100 S. Dodge St., Burlington.

• Hillsboro Improvement Co. Inc., Hillsboro, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 25 to reduce a $2,400 fall-protection citation to $1,680. The company was issued the citation July 15 during a residential remodeling job in Elroy.

• L&J Roofing, Wautoma, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 25 to dismiss a $4,000 eye-and-face-protection citation and to reduce a $4,000 fall-protection citation to $2,000 and two ladders citations, totaling $3,200, to $2,000. The company was issued the citations June 28 during a roofing job at 3107 Stonefield Trail, Howard.

• Soto Construction LLC, Lake Geneva, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 26 to reduce a $2,000 aerial-lifts citation to $700, a $2,000 scaffolding citation to $700 and a $2,000 general-safety-and-health-provisions citation to $600. The company was issued the citations July 3 during a siding job at 25 Gaslight Drive, Racine.

• Miller Brothers Construction, Pardeeville, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 29 to reduce two scaffolding citations, totaling $4,000, to $1,500. The company was issued the citations July 5 during a framing job at 1044 Black Oak School Road, Oshkosh.

• Keller Inc., Kaukauna, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 29 to reduce a $4,500 scaffolding citation to $3,150, a $4,500 fall-protection citation to $0 and a $9,000 steel-erection-fall-protection citation to $5,000. The company was issued the citations July 5 during a roofing job at W6369 Levi Drive, Greenville.