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OSHA fines company after worker's electrocution death (access required)

by IBR Contributor
Published: March 21,2008
Time posted: 1:00 am

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a construction company over the electrocution death of an employee. Thirty-eight-year-old Kenneth Lahn died Feb. 5 in Jerome after a crane he was working on hit a live power line. The operator of the crane was unharmed, but the 7,000-volt surge grounded through Lahn, killing him. OSHA ...



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