OSHA reports •    Wisconsin Steel Industries Inc., Milwaukee, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on March 2 to reduce a $2,000 fall-protection citation to $750 and to dismiss a $2,000 fall-protection-training citation. The company was issued the citations Feb. 16 ...

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By Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Twin Cities homebuilding activity in 2009 was no match for the juggernaut years of the mid-2000s, but a late-year rally gave builders reason to believe that the industry’s recovery is just around ...

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OSHA reports •    Roofing Specialist LLC, Madison, must pay a $2,000 fall-protection citation, a $2,000 ladders citation and a $4,000 fall-protection-training citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Sept. 1 during ...

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OSHA reports •    Rottier Brothers Construction LLC, Little Suamico, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Aug. 3 to reduce a $600 fall-protection citation to $420. The company was issued the citation July 9 during a single-family housing job in ...

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OSHA reports •    Krueger Electric & Refrigeration Inc., Brillion, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on June 1 to reduce a $1,050 aerial-lifts citation to $500. The company was issued the citation May 12 during an electrical job in Menasha. ...

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Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Strict county rules governing shoreline development could bust up the common ground builder groups are finding with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. “The thing about the DNR rules are that they’re minimum baseline standards,” said Brian ...

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Jeannine Aversa AP Economics Writer Washington — The recession might not be waving a white flag just yet, but the price of a key ingredient in white paint could signal the economy’s downhill slide is easing. Titanium dioxide prices fell ...

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