Oregon
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division has fined a Portland environmental and emergency services company $118,800 for violating job safety standards designed to protect workers from the potentially deadly hazards of confined spaces
Eugene, OR – According to the state officials, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division cited River City Environmental following an inspection of an incident reported to it by Portland Fire & Rescue.
A confined space is one that meets all the following conditions:
- It is large enough and so configured that an employee can fully enter the space and perform work.
- It has limited or restricted means for entry, exit, or both.
- It is not designed for continuous human occupancy.
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division’s inspection of the July 14, 2023, incident found that two members of a four-person crew employed by River City Environmental became unconscious due to the atmospheric conditions inside a stormwater sewer system.
The crew had been tasked with working on filters inside the system located at a brewing company.
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