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Article: Forest Service Blamed for Deaths
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- February 9, 2002
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Dateline: YAKIMA, Wash.
The Forest Service willfully disregarded employee safety at a wildfire
last summer in which four firefighters were killed, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration said Friday.
OSHA said the Forest Service did not provide a place of employment
that was "free of recognized hazards that could cause serious harm
or death."
It noted, as the Forest Service had in its own investigation, that
fire managers violated 10 basic firefighting safety rules and ignored
or disregarded 10 of the 18 warnings signs for danger.
OSHA also found that the Forest Service failed to follow its own guidelines
for work and rest; that there were ...