Appeals court denies review of fatal electrocution
A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied an appeal requested by a home contractor facing a serious OSHA citation following the electrocution of two workers, one of whom died of his injuries.
In 2016, on a residential construction site in Alpharetta, Georgia, a subcontractor employee supervised by Century Communities Inc. was operating a crane within 20 feet of live overhead power lines, resulting in an electrical arc flash that caused the injuries and fatality, according to documents in Century Communities Inc. d/b/a Century Communities of Georgia LLC v. Secretary of Labor and the United States Department of Labor, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit in Washington, D.C.