OSHA: Department of Labor Finds Florida Contractor Ignored Federal Safety Measures That Could Have Prevented Welder's Confined Space Fatality
April 12, 2024
April 12, 2024
PALATKA, Florida, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 4 issued the following news release on April 10, 2024:
As he had many other days, the morning shift welder arrived at 5 a.m. to work at St. John's Ship Building Inc. in Palatka on Aug. 28, 2023. Tasked with doing some fabrication work in a 4-foot by 8-foot space in a ship's hull, the employee began work unaware that fatal suffocation would soon end his lif . . .
As he had many other days, the morning shift welder arrived at 5 a.m. to work at St. John's Ship Building Inc. in Palatka on Aug. 28, 2023. Tasked with doing some fabrication work in a 4-foot by 8-foot space in a ship's hull, the employee began work unaware that fatal suffocation would soon end his lif . . .