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Deficient wall construction led to fatal collapse at Gatlinburg treatment plant

OSHA investigation finds defective wall joint caused slow failure, leading to an incident that killed two workers last April.
  • By Ted J. Rulseh
  • October 28, 2011

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A flaw in construction led to the Gatlinburg (Tenn.) Wastewater Treatment Plant basin wall collapse that killed two workers last spring, according to report cited by the Knoxville News Sentinel.

The report from Mohammad Ayub from the OSHA Office of Engineering said that while the...

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