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BRIDGEPORT — The absence of cave-in protection at a Stamford worksite has led to $47,700 in proposed fines for a Bridgeport water and sewer contractor. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the Anthony Julian Railroad Construction Co. Inc. for alleged “willful and serious” violations of safety standards. The contractor was installing a storm sewer catch basin at West Avenue and Selleck Street in Stamford when an OSHA inspector observed a company employee entering an apparently unprotected excavation. An inspection was opened on the spot and found that the 9-foot, 6-inch deep excavation lacked protection against a collapse of its sidewalls. As a result of its inspection, OSHA has issued the company one willful citation, with a fine of $42,000, for the unprotected excavation and three serious citations with $5,700 in fines for the remaining hazards.

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