Longview port board raises safety concerns over contractor hired to expand rail terminal

Longview port board raises safety concerns over contractor hired to expand rail terminal

For an hour on Wednesday morning, Port of Longview commissioners addressed safety concerns around Rotschy Inc., a Vancouver-based construction contractor. The company won a $44.6 million contract in early 2025 to expand a rail yard at the port. But the company has been the subject of at least one high-profile safety accident and a number of safety violations documented by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries in recent years. T…