EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Fines totaling $6,000 have been paid in a worker’s fatal fall from a Snohomish County Public Utility District warehouse.
The Daily Herald reports (https://bit.ly/2dcXep0) 61-year-old Alan Speed fell about 12 feet from a mezzanine that was missing a guardrail in May.
He later died at a hospital.
The utility district paid the fine in September after the state found a lack of fall prevention measures violated laws on workplace safety.
CEO Craig Collar said in a statement that the district is fixing safety hazards with the help of a consultant.
Falls account for the largest portion of deaths related to work in the county as well as the state.
Speed’s obituary said he was a married U.S. Navy veteran with two children.
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Information from: The Daily Herald, https://www.heraldnet.com
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