Worker dies in vacuum tank accident; paving company cited
A fatality at Pennsylvania paving contractor prompted an OSHA inspection of the company that resulted in 17 safety violations – nine of them serious. Proposed penalties total $23,800.
The accident occurred Oct. 18, 2013, as laborer Edward M. Ulicne and a foreman were inspecting the inside of a vacuum tank on an industrial vacuum truck at the company’s Blairsville facility. While operating the hydraulic controls to the rear door of the tank, the foreman closed the rear door, pinning Ulicne between the door and frame of the tank. Ulicne died from his injuries on Oct. 22.