The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) cited Austin, Texas Kinney’s Commercial Inc. for violations for putting employees at risk for possible excavation cave-ins. The proposed penalties exceed $40,000.00. The company’s worksite is on West Slaughter Lane.
An OSHA inspector allegedly saw a worker descend a ladder into an excavation without shoring. The purpose of shoring is to prevent a possible cave-in. Morever, there were purportedly at the jobsite near vertical excavation walls to depths exceeding eight feet. Here is a link to a related article –
Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.
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