Indiana Fines Kansas Contractor $24.5K After Worker Dies in Fall
October 16, 2017
A contractor was fined $24,500 for safety violations after a worker died from a fall at a Richmond, Ind., factory.
The Richmond Palladium-Item reports 23-year-old Jacob Bugg died June 27 after falling about 40 feet at a Purina animal food plant. Bugg worked for Kansas-based contractor Brewer’s Restoration & Coating, which was hired to do maintenance work.
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration found five violations. The agency says the contractor failed to have a safety system in place, did not train employees properly and did not keep adequate training records.
The cause of Bugg’s fall is unknown, because it was not witnessed.
Messages left at Brewer Restoration requesting comment were not returned.
Brewer's Restoration & Coating is a privately held company in Hutchinson, KS and is a Unknown business.
Categorized under Sandblasting. Our records show it was established in 2003 and incorporated in Kansas. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of less than $500,000 and employs a staff of approximately 1 to 4.
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Kansas Roofer Dies in Fatal Fall at Eastern Indiana Plant
A coroner says a 23-year-old Kansas man died after he fell while working on a roof at an eastern Indiana animal feed plant.
June 28, 2017, at 2:21 p.m.
Kansas Roofer Dies in Fatal Fall at Eastern Indiana Plant
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — A coroner says a 23-year-old Kansas man died after he fell while working on a roof at an eastern Indiana animal feed plant.
Wayne County Coroner Ron Stevens says Jacob Bugg of Hutchinson, Kansas, was working with a roofing crew about 1 p.m. Tuesday when he fell about 40 feet at Richmond's Purina Mills plant.
Stevens tells the (Richmond) Palladium-Item (http://pinews.co/2siqBzs ) it's not clear what caused the fall because no one witnessed it. He says Bugg was working on a lower section of the roof than the rest of his crew.
Stevens says Bugg sustained blunt force trauma. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.