OSHA Fines - Elgin, Neb.

August 2015 - OSHA has issued a serious safety violation and proposed a $7,000 fine for Wanzek Construction in the death of a crane operator in an accident that happened in May near Elgin, Neb.

The 40-year-old crane operator from Denver was moving a 90-ton rough-terrain crane along a county road on a wind farm project when the crane slipped into a ditch and overturned. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

He was employed by Tradesman International and was working for Wanzek Construction Inc., which is building the Prairie Breeze II Wind Energy Center near Elgin for Invenergy.