Columbia County to Review Construction Contractors After Fatal Fall

Monday, June 15th, 2015

Columbia County business leaders have formed a study committee to develop “workable methods” for verifying whether contractors are licensed and have liability insurance, a month after an undocumented worker fell to his death at an Evans house construction site.

Bill Boatman, the chairman of the county’s Develop­ment Advisory Board, appointed residential builder Mark Ivey, commercial contractor Steve Clifton and licensed electrician Rob Zapata to design standards to create a safer workplace..

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