December 11, 2025 8:03 am
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A photo taken a day after the June incident on a Rotschy jobsite shows the excavator bucket that came unlatched from the excavator arm quick coupler, falling onto a worker twice. (Contributed by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries)
An upright sewer manhole, shown here in a Washington State Department of Labor & Industries photo from the Rotschy jobsite, has no walkway across the 10-foot-deep trench. Employees and the supervisor jumped over the trench to get across, according to the department. (Contributed by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries)
A Washington State Department of Labor & Industries photo shows the green safety latch that was missing from the excavator bucket that fell onto a Rotschy employee in June. (Contributed by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries)
An orange warning sticker, shown here in an L&I photo taken inside the excavator involved in the incident, prompts the excavator operator to consult the quick coupler operation manual before use. (Contributed by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries)
A Vancouver construction company faces roughly $170,000 in fines after an excavator bucket fell onto a worker at a Woodland jobsite earlier this year.
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced Wednesday it’s fining Rotschy Inc. for the June incident that left a man with traumatic injuries to the lower half of his body.
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