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OSHA Issues Citations, Fines For Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse

From the Associated Press:The Indiana Labor Department says the company that built the stage ahead of last summer's deadly state fair collapse showed ``plain indifference'' to safety standards. Commissioner Lori Torres said today that Mid-America Sound Corporation has been cited with three major safety violations in connection with the collapse of outdoor stage rigging in high winds that killed seven people Aug. 13. A crowd had gathered at the stage to see the country duo Sugarland perform. The department issued a $63,000 fine against the company. It is also citing the Indiana State Fair Commission and a stagehands union for safety regulation violations. Officials say the commission failed to conduct proper safety evaluations of its concert venues. Smaller fines were issued against the fair and the union.

Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.