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Audit finds safety-policy gaps at Milwaukee Water Works sites; confined‑space practices cited as most urgent
Summary
An independent assessment for Milwaukee Water Works found dozens of safety-policy gaps at four sites and flagged confined‑space procedures, arc‑flash labeling and machine guarding among the most urgent items; Water Works said it has corrected some safety problems and is working on the rest.
An independent safety and health assessment of four Milwaukee Water Works sites presented June 18 found dozens of areas for improvement and several items the auditors classified as critical, particularly in confined‑space work.
The audit — carried out for the city by an outside consultant and reviewed by the city’s internal audit staff — covered Lynnwood Water Treatment, Howard Avenue treatment, meter services and headquarters. The consultant said the review produced roughly 670 total observations across the four sites; about 75% of observations were positive, while the…
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