OSHA: 'Serious' violations in June dairy farm death

A dairy farm near Carpenter is facing approximately $25,000 in penalties following the death of a worker last June.

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration currently lists four serious violations totaling $25,275 for Burnett Enterprises.

The penalties listed as serious violations are pending abatement, meaning if the company can make amends the penalties could reduced or eliminated.

While working at Burnett Enterprises on June 5, an employee identified as Erasmo Baeza Gonzalez, 52, entered a well house with two electrical contractors to make repairs.

According to a Laramie Co...