More than 25 years after contamination was found in a lakefront site in the city of Ashland, construction crews have completed the last stage of needed cleanup work.
Tagged with: Ashland pollution Superfund
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More than 25 years after contamination was found in a lakefront site in the city of Ashland, construction crews have completed the last stage of needed cleanup work.
Tagged with: Ashland pollution Superfund
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The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been issued OSHA citations during work around the state.
Tagged with: Ashland citation commercial electrical eye protection face protection fall protection Germantown head protection housing institutional ladder masonry Middleton Milwaukee Onalaska osha Pardeeville remodeling residential Rhinelander roofing safety scaffolding settlement training Waukesha Wauwatosa West Allis West Bend Whitefish Bay wiring Wisconsin Dells
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared a major disaster for three northwestern Wisconsin counties due to flood damage in June.
Tagged with: Ashland Bayfield Douglas Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA Gov. Scott Walker Scott Walker
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A committee working to recall a northern Wisconsin senator has suspended its efforts.
Tagged with: Ashland Bob Jauch recall
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OSHA reports • Scott’s Pressure Washing Service, Muskego, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on March 2 to reduce a $4,200 aerial-lifts citation to $1,500. The company was issued the citation Feb. 17 during a finishing job at 400 N. ...
Tagged with: abatement aerial lift Ashland Burlington citation fall protection finishing forklift Germantown ladder Madison Milwaukee osha safety scaffolding settlement siding South Milwaukee
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OSHA reports • Feiner Construction LLC, Spring Green, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Aug. 17 to reduce a $450 eye-and-face-protection citation to $315, a $1,500 fall-protection citation to $1,050 and a $1,500 fall-protection-training citation to $1,050. The company ...
Tagged with: aerial lift Ashland Beloit citation design Edgerton electrical excavation eye protection face protection fall protection finishing flammable liquid Fox Point framing hand tool hazard communication industrial installation ladder lead Madison masonry Menomonee Falls Mukwonago Oak Creek osha painting power tool protection roofing safety scaffolding settlement sewer line specialty trade Stevens Point Sussex training Verona water line Waterford wiring
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OSHA reports • Burg’s Rainguard Services LLC, Kiel, must pay two scaffolding citations, totaling $600, because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations June 30 during a siding job in Kiel. • Vilchis ...
Tagged with: aerial lift Altmann Construction Co. Inc. Appleton Ashland citation drilling education electrical excavation eye protection face protection fall protection finishing framing Grand Chute Green Bay hand tool head protection housing Hudson industrial Kenosha Kiel ladder Madison Manitowoc Milwaukee osha power tool remediation remodeling roofing safety scaffolding self-propelled elevating work platform settlement sewer line Sheboygan Falls siding Stoughton structural steel training Travis Markiewicz Construction LLC truck Verona water line wiring
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OSHA reports • Champion Environmental Services Inc., Gilberts, Ill., must pay a $1,125 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation May 12 during a wrecking and demolition job in Milwaukee. ...
Tagged with: air conditioning Ashland Brookfield citation demolition Drywall electrical excavation eye protection face protection fall protection hand tool heating housing insulation ladders Ledgeview Milwaukee Monona osha Oshkosh Owen Pewaukee Plumbing power tool roofing rough-terrain forklift safety scaffolding settlement sewer line siding Stoughton training water line Whitewater wiring work platform wrecking
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By Paul Snyder The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is demanding answers from Xcel Energy after estimates jumped $21.4 million for construction of an Ashland biomass plant. PSC Chairman Eric Callisto said Friday he is disappointed by the increased price. ...
Tagged with: Ashland biomass Callisto CUB Higley natural gas power plant PSC Public Service Commission
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By Paul Snyder The label of renewable energy will cost Xcel Energy an extra $21.4 million after the utility realized its proposed biomass plant in Ashland will burn too much natural gas. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved the ...
Tagged with: Ashland biomass Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin CUB Higley natural gas power plant PSC Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Xcel Energy
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