OSHA cites employers in Ft. Myers Beach electrocutions
Published: Mar 12, 2013 12:22 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 12, 2013 5:40 PM EDT


 

 

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.- Five months after the deaths of two maintenance workers on Fort Myers Beach, J. Baller Construction and Cutting Edge Molding each received safety citations that could cost them thousands, according to our partners at the News-Press.

Juan Bocanegra, 37, of Fort Myers, and Dustin Manning, 30, of Bradenton, were electrocuted in September when the basket of a cherry picker they were standing in struck a power line. The men were working at Bella Lago condos, off Bay Beach Road.

On February 25, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found the two companies that employed the victims to be in violation of several safety policies, according to citations sent out by the organization. 

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