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Footwear factor cited in UI construction death
Iowa safety officials say numerous violations contributed to Kevin Hammons’s death when a beam fell on him at the University of Iowa site. The company reduced the fine from twenty thousand to fourteen thousand, citing Hammons’s boot hole and reluctance to wade through water, a claim regulators questioned.
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Ryan J. Foley
Associated Press
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Bridge and
Calvert
Kevin Hammons
Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Hammons
Art
Washington
Iowa
Tom VanderLinden
Iowa Occupational Safety and Health
VanderLinden
Boots