The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.

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The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been issued OSHA violations during work around the state.

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The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.

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OSHA reports • Phoenix Construction, Kenosha, must pay a $1,400 rough-terrain-forklift citation and a $1,400 eye-and-face-protection citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Dec. 21 during a framing job at 595 ...

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OSHA reports • RJS Contracting, Milwaukee, must pay a $750 scaffolding citation and a $750 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Sept. 10 during a roofing job at 2756 ...

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Columbus, OH (AP) — Ohio wants to ban farmers from spreading sewage sludge on their fields during the winter, a move intended to protect nearby streams. The proposal would prevent incidents in which sludge that was spread on frozen farm ...

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OSHA reports •    American Roofing & Home Improvement LLC, Big Bend, paid a $525 fall-protection citation and a $300 abatement-verification citation Dec. 18. The company was issued the citations Sept. 22 and Nov. 20 during a roofing job at 411 ...

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OSHA reports •    Freimuth Masonry Inc., Appleton, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Sept. 1 to reduce a $375 hazard-communication citation to $262.50 and a $525 scaffolding citation to $367.50. The company was issued the citations Aug. 21 during ...

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Royal Construction Inc., Eau Claire, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Jan. 23 to reduce a $450 scaffolding citation to $0 and a $1,125 fall-protection citation to $787. The company and OSHA also agreed to dismiss a $900 scaffolding ...

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DAN SEWELL AP Writer Cincinnati — Meet the forgotten housing crisis. While most attention has focused on the wave of foreclosures sweeping mostly middle-class, suburban Sunbelt neighborhoods from California to Florida, the nation’s emptiest neighborhoods have remained concentrated in the ...

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