OSHA issues PRCS citations after triple fatality (O2 deficiency and subsequent drowning)

A construction company has been fined $14,400 after all three (3) employees were killed while working on a utility project. The three employees, 48, 21, and 43, all of whom were killed on August 25, 2020, in an accident while working about 20 feet below ground inside a manhole. They died from asphyxia associated with a low-oxygen environment and subsequent drowning. Two of the deceased were Father and son. Here are the construction confined space citations:

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