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OSHA Fines Lehigh Firm $125K For Teen's Wood Chipper Death OSHA Fines Lehigh Firm $125K For Teen's Wood Chipper Death
Osha Fines Lehigh Firm $125K For Teen's Wood Chipper Death Federal regulators have cited a Lehigh Valley tree removal company for the 2022 death of a teenage worker who was pulled into a wood chipper.  Isiah Bedocs, a 17-year-old from Coplay, was working for Adam's Tree Service in North Whitehall Township on Aug. 9 when he was fatally wounded, Daily Voice reported.  Now, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the company for 10 "serious" safety violations and is recommending fines totaling $124,987, the agency announced Monday, Feb. 13.  Investigators found that Bedocs was feeding "entangled material" into the wood ch…

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