A Vancouver construction company faces roughly $170,000 in fines after an excavator bucket fell onto a worker at a Woodland jobsite earlier this year.

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced Wednesday it’s fining Rotschy Inc. for the June incident that left a man with traumatic injuries to the lower half of his body .

The company is appealing the fines.

“Making sure our team and customers are safe on the job is the top focus for each of us at Rotschy, from our field teams to our company’s leaders,” said Doug Hiivala, director of occupational health and communications at Rotschy.

Hiivala said the company takes the recent inspection seriously and follows a rigorous compliance process to review and address issues.

Rotschy is working to strengthen its safety prac

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