OSHA: Company ignored safety rules, 'cost a man his life'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The federal government says an Illinois tank cleaning company's violation of safety rules killed a New Orleans employee and injured two others in October.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $226,000 in fines against Dedicated TCS LLC. It's based in Lansing, Illinois and also has cleaning facilities in New Orleans and Channahon (SHAN'-uh-hahn), Illinois.
OSHA says the company failed to test the atmosphere inside a railroad tank car before workers went inside to clean it, and failed to make them attach rescue lines to their harnesses.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}OSHA's Baton Rouge area director, Dorinda Folse, says this is OSHA's fourth citation against Dedicated TCS. She says, "the company's inaction has cost a man his life."
A worker who would not give her name says Dedicated TCS won't comment.