OSHKOSH, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Lunda Construction Inc. in Black River Falls and Choice Construction Cos. Inc. in Menomonee Falls with a total of 10 safety citations after a truck driver was killed and another worker seriously injured.
The July 5 incident occurred when a crane collapsed at a bridge construction site on U.S. Route 41 over Lake Butte des Morts near Oshkosh. A truck driver, employed by Spancrete, died when he was struck by the boom of a crane that overturned while bridge girders were being erected with a multiple crane lift. Spancrete was not cited as a result of the investigation.
A Lunda Construction employee who was operating the crane was seriously injured when he was thrown from the cab as the crane fell. Lunda Construction is being cited for one willful and five serious violations. The willful violation is for failing to comply with crane operator standards by designating a lift director and conducting multiple crane-lift planning meetings. A willful violation is one committed with intentional knowledge or voluntary disregard for the law’s requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health.
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