🌱 Calumet City construction firm hit with six-figure OSHA safety penalties
Calumet City, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readGood day Calumet City! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Calumet City construction firm hit with six-figure OSHA safety penalties
- Why uncovered bread trays at a Calumet City Subway sparked online backlash
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Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 54 degrees.
- Thursday: Periods of sun, temps: high: 68, low: 54.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• OSHA Fines Construction Company for Repeat Offenses (ehstoday.com) — A Calumet City-based construction and carpentry company faces $265,868 in proposed OSHA penalties after investigators found workers installing roof rafters and sheeting without fall protection at two sites. The agency cited the firm for willful, repeat, and serious safety violations, including missing fall protection, inadequate head and eye protection, unsafe ladders, and poor access to work platforms. 
• Illinois Woman Pulls Up With Uncovered Bread Trays Straight from Her Car Trunk for Subway: ‘Every Person Has Eaten Way Worse Than That' (thenerdstash.com) — A viral video shows a woman unloading uncovered bread trays from her car trunk into a Subway in Calumet City, raising questions about how food is handled before it reaches customers. Commenters debated whether the practice is unsafe or just common behind-the-scenes restaurant logistics, while broader Illinois food-safety statistics underline why paying attention to local restaurant hygiene matters.
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Looking for a licensed electrician in calumet city contractor list to complete my garage permit to submit.
I need the following: I only want the minimum electrical required by Calumet City for the garage permit: one switched ceiling light, one GFCI wall… (Nextdoor Madison)
- Clean Harbors, Inc. posted a job opening for Facility Operations Supervisor in Dolton. Apply here.
- Harrington Hoists, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Supervisor in South Holland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Calumet City here.
🗞 Nearby News
Dolton
- Keith Freeman's Sentencing Date Postponed For At Least Another Six Months – (edgarcountywatchdogs.com)
Lansing
- Seen Around Lansing: Free as a bird (thelansingjournal.org)
- Lansing's Ford Hangar turns 100, with one guest even older (thelansingjournal.org)
- Autumn Fest brings old favorites, new ideas to Fox Pointe Sept. 25-26 (thelansingjournal.org)
Harvey
- HSD 152 approves $36.8 million 2027 budget and plans major capital spending (harveyworld.org)
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