A Seattle contractor has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of an employee who was killed when a sewer trench collapsed in 2016. The Seattle Times reports Philip Numrich, the owner of Alki Construction, allegedly violated and ignored …
A state agency has fined Gresham plumbing company for two serious violations after a worker was injured when a trench collapsed in March. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division on Tuesday fined Apollo Drain & Rooter Service $5,600. The …
Waterloo, Iowa, authorities have released the name of a construction worker who died after a trench collapse. The city director of fire services, Pat Treloar, identified the worker as 35-year-old Deea Lauritzen, of Jesup. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that …
Officials say a construction worker has died in a trench collapse at a Southeast Texas refinery. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened Tuesday afternoon at a construction site at the Total Port Arthur refinery. Investigators say the …
Officials say rescue workers had a difficult time reaching the body of a man killed in a central Pennsylvania trench collapse because the hole was unstable. Manheim Township Fire Chief Rick Kane says the walls of the trench were not …
A trench collapse has killed two city of Las Vegas utilities department employees. Las Vegas City Attorney David Romero confirmed for the Las Vegas Optic the workers died Wednesday morning when the trench they were working in collapsed on them. …
A jury in southwestern Illinois has awarded $3.7 million to the family of one of two construction workers killed in a trench collapse more than three years ago. Thirty-seven-year-old Ron Yankey of Ellis Grove and a 48-year-old co-worker died in …
A construction worker has died after becoming trapped in a trench that collapsed in northeast Washington. D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says fire officials were called to the 1200 block of Evarts Street on Thursday evening for a report …