Alki Construction
cmonforton | September 8, 2016Harold Felton’s work-related death could have been prevented. That’s how I see the findings from Washington State-OSHA in the agency’s recent citations against Alki Construction.
The 36 year-old was working in January 2016 on a sewer repair project in a West Seattle neighborhood. The initial press reports indicated that Mr. Felton was working inside a 10-foot deep trench which was situated between two homes. King5.com reported: “…the walls of the trench gave way and buried the man under several feet of soil.”
I wrote about the incident shortly after it occurred. The State of Washington's…
cmonforton | February 3, 2016Harold Felton, 36, suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Tuesday, January 26 while working at a sewer repair project in a West Seattle neighborhood. Mr. Felton’s employer was Alki Construction.
Q13Fox reports:
Mr. Felton was working inside a 10-foot deep trench which was situated between two homes.
King5.com reports:
“…the walls of the trench gave way and buried the man under several feet of soil.”
“For about 20 minutes, it was a rescue operation, but it became clear the man wouldn't make it.”
Using OSHA’s on-line database, it does not appear that the Washington State OSHA program has…