{
  "id": 16074365,
  "title": "Illinois Company Faces $380K Fine for Exposing Employees to Unprotected Trench",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/illinois-company-faces-380k-fine-for-exposing-employees-to",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-22T16:16:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2026/10/22/890047.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Frankfort, Illinois-based utility construction company for repeatedly exposing employees to excavation safety hazards after federal investigators observed employees working in an unprotected trench. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an …",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}