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| 52-year-old Trent P. Haines was killed while loading road salt on a conveyor at a city facility on Outer Loop |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) –
State regulators have fined Louisville Metro government $7,000 in connection with the death of a worker in the city’s public works department last winter.
The Kentucky Labor Cabinet, which enforces workplace safety standards, issued the penalty in late April, about five months after 52-year-old Trent P. Haines was killed while loading road salt on a conveyor at a city facility on Outer Loop.
Metro government has not contested the fine, according to online U.S. Occupational and Safety Health Administration records. A spokesman for the city’s public works department hasn’t yet responded to a request for comment left Monday afternoon.
As it now stands, the penalty is the highest levied against the city since 2011, the online records show.
The state inspection found one serious violation involving a “mechanical power-transmission apparatus.” The Labor Cabinet denied a WDRB News request under the Kentucky Open Records Act for investigative documents because the probe is ongoing.
Haines died of blunt force trauma in the incident, which occurred as he and another worker were loading the conveyor on December 27, 2017, WDRB previously reported.