Collapse: Tropicana Garage, Multiple Employers

Welcome to episode 25 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella break down the Tropicana Casino Resort parking garage collapse, where the lives of Michael Wittland,  Scott Pietrosante, Robert Tartaglio Jr., and James P. Bigelow were lost. This episode is dedicated to all of the families of the lives lost and those impacted as a result. 

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The sources used during this episode include:

https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/2004_r_03.pdf

https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/grief-lawsuits-continue-over-tropicana-garage-collapse/5111

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2003/11/atla-n05.html

https://pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/atlantic-city_pleasantville_brigantine/loved-ones-workers-recall-tropicana-garage-collapse-years-later/article_30c4e9f4-41c4-11e3-98dd-0019bb2963f4.html

https://www.smbb.com/news-article/hundreds-mourn-workers-killed-in-tropicana-collapse/

https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/what-is-rebar/

https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/132672/what-is-the-code-mandated-overlap-of-welded-wire-mesh-in-concrete-slabs?__cf_chl_tk=iAXNakHTRVCOSJ4aS0KxzbvKgJ.BzSMUi3FUaMBfd5E-1746482031-1.0.1.1-WPdx5UJ6QkXID65D5gVBE_fIZKvzxXYYJTjth3kIy70

https://laffeybucci.com/lessons-from-a-new-jersey-construction-collapse-case-tropicana-garage-collapse/

https://www.ehstoday.com/archive/article/21912476/wall-comes-down-but-questions-remain

https://www.hotelexecutive.com/newswire/5489/101mil-settlement-in-deadly-2003-tropicana-parking-garage-collapse