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Safety & Compliance
Excavator Hauler Strikes More Than Dozen Bridges on New York Thruway
“How a tractor trailer driver could be unaware that his load hit more than a dozen bridges is beyond comprehension.”
March 24, 2026
This 2019 Freightliner toting a Bobcat excavator was stopped in Salina after allegedly striking more than a dozen bridges on the New York Thruway.
Safety & Compliance
Contractor Charged With Manslaughter After Trench Collapse Death
The contractor was on site when the employee was partially buried and also faces charges of negligent homicide and reckless endangerment.
March 18, 2026
Michael DiRocco, 60, leaves behind four children and eight grandchildren after his death June 13 in a trench collapse in Norwich, Connecticut.
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Safety & Compliance
Kansas Contractor Fined for Repeat Violations After Fatal Trench Collapse
A 54-year-old worker died in a cave-in three years after the company had been fined for not using a trench box.
March 13, 2026
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Regulations
Trump Announces New 15% Global Tariff After SCOTUS Declares IEEPA Tariffs Illegal
President Trump referred to the opinion as ridiculous and said it had indirectly given him greater power to implement tariffs.
February 23, 2026
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Safety & Compliance
Alabama Contractor Faces $170,145 in Fines for Trench Collapse
The latest penalties bring the total proposed fines against U.S. contractors since December to nearly $2 million.
January 29, 2026
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Safety & Compliance
Contractor Faces $300K Fine After Cave-in of 5-Foot-Deep Trench Kills Worker
The violations were issued for a Connecticut company the day before another contractor in the state was fined $1.2 million.
January 26, 2026
Michael DiRocco, 60, leaves behind four children and eight grandchildren after his death June 13 in a trench collapse in Norwich, Connecticut.
Safety & Compliance
Contractor Faces $1.2M Fine for Repeat Violations After Fatal Trench Collapse
One of the company's workers died in a cave-in in 2023. Two years later, inspectors found similar trench violations, OSHA reports.
January 16, 2026
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Safety & Compliance
Contractors Fined $300K Combined for Trench Violations in Washington
The general contractor also disregarded stop-worker orders after initial inspections, and repeat violations occurred, according to state inspectors.
January 12, 2026
On July 9, workers were found in Spokane between a 22.5-foot-high nearly vertical dirt wall and 10-foot-high concrete forms without cave-in protection nor safe escape method, according to Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
Safety & Compliance
Deadly December: 3 Die in Trench Collapses in Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio
Three workers were also injured, including the father of one of the victims who was buried up to his abdomen while his son was completely covered.
December 22, 2025
Hamilton County Urban Search & Rescue Region 6 members work December 5 to remove workers trapped in a collapsed trench in Miami Township, Ohio.
Safety & Compliance
NTSB Investigates Gas-Line Strike That Destroyed Home, Injured 6 (Video)
A doorbell camera across the street captured the home explosion that followed a construction crew striking the underground line.
December 19, 2025
A house in Alameda County, California, exploded December 11 following a natural-gas line strike on a construction site.
Safety & Compliance
Contractor Faces $170K Fine After Worker Crushed by Falling Excavator Bucket
A failed attempt to remove the bucket from him caused a second crushing injury, putting him in the hospital for more than a month.
December 4, 2025
This excavator bucket came unlatched from the excavator's quick coupler June 3 in Washington due to a missing safety latch, according to L&I.
Safety & Compliance
1 Dead, 2 Injured in Trench Collapse; Contractor Has Long History of Violations
The contractor on the project has been cited by OSHA for numerous violations as far back as 1995.
November 25, 2025
The contractor on the project, Revoli Construction Company Inc. of Franklin, Massachusetts, has been cited by OSHA for numerous violations as far back as 1995.
Regulations
USDOT Overhauls DBE Program, Calling it “Discriminatory, Unconstitutional”
DBE businesses must now reapply for the program, which no longer presumes disadvantage based on race or gender.
October 13, 2025
DBEs will now be required to prove their socially disadvantaged status to qualify for USDOT's DBE program.
Regulations
Construction Company CEO Accused of $4M Fraud of Paycheck Protection Program
He allegedly created accounts in the names of his minor children, whom he claimed as employees, and bought luxury real estate he rented out.
September 26, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
Contractor Faces $140K Fine After Inspector Witnesses Trench Collapses
An inspector showed up on the jobsite and found workers being pulled out of a trench and saw 20 collapses while he was there.
September 23, 2025
'The dirt was undermined and carved in below the wall of the trench creating a high risk of a cave-in of the area where workers were climbing in and out,' says Washington L&I. The ladder was also too low, and the trench box was too small, according to the agency.
Regulations
Contractors Sound Off: Streamlined Citizenship Path for Undocumented Construction Workers?
We asked readers whether they support streamlined legal paths for undocumented immigrants in the construction industry. Here's what they said.
September 17, 2025
ICE arresting more than 100 alleged illegal immigrants May 29 at construction sites in Tallahassee, Florida.
Regulations
Will New DEF Guidance End Sudden Shutdown of Construction Equipment?
The new EPA guidance would give diesel equipment operators and truck drivers more time before an empty DEF tank causes power loss, or "derate."
September 11, 2025
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Regulations
Massive Hyundai ICE Raid Spotlights Contractors’ Growing Project Delays
Even before the raid, 28% of contractors reported being affected by immigration enforcement in the past 6 months, according to an AGC survey.
September 9, 2025
An immigration raid September 4 at the Hyundai-LG battery plant under construction near Savannah, Georgia, led to the detainment of over 475 people allegedly working illegally.
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