Fatal worker's mishap raises safety issues DETROIT, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Officials say Seaway Painting, the employer of a worker missing after falling from a Detroit River bridge in Detroit has a history of safety violations. Shane Morton told the Detroit Free Press he and his 27-year-old brother Kent were painting and sandblasting when Kent fell more than 100 feet into the river about 1:45 p.m. The Mortons' employer, Seaway Painting, declined to comment. However, records show the company has been cited for several worker safety issues in the last five years. Patty Meyer, director of the Construction, Safety and Health Division of the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, told The Detroit News Seaway Painting has been fined thousands of dollars for about 30 violations since 2008. "In the past five years, they've been inspected five times, and four of those inspections resulted in serious violations," she said. There were eight serious violations that resulted in penalties. The News reported one of the violations was a failure to adequately protect workers from falling. The search for Kent Morton's body resumed Friday.