Davenport fatality lands Alcoa OSHA fine

Oct 05, 2012 | 05:32 PM | Suzy Waite

Tags  Alcoa, OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Davenport plant, aluminum plant, Robert Leech, worker fatality, Suzy Waite

NEW YORK — Alcoa Inc. has been fined more than $37,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following the death of a worker at its Davenport, Iowa, plant this past summer.

The worker, Robert Leech, was working on a coil slitter in the sheet finishing department in Davenport on July 16 when the accident occurred, an OSHA spokesman told AMM.....





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