US LABOR DEPARTMENT CITES MELBOURNE CRANE SERVICE PROVIDER AFTER INVESTIGATION FINDS LACK OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS LED TO 34-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE'S ELECTROCUTION

PALM BAY, FL, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following press release:

U.S. Department of Labor safety investigators have found that a Melbourne rental crane service provider could have prevented the electrocution of a 34-year-old crane operator at a Palm Bay work site in August 2023 by ensuring required safety measures were in place and followed.

Investigators with the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration instead found that on Aug. 23, 2023, Capt'n Hook's Crane Service Inc. sent an uncertified crane operator to a residential construction project alone to lift and place metal frame roof trusses at a residential construction project. After positioning the...