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Aerial Lifts
Workers’ Family Wins $18.2M Jury Award After Fatal Aerial-Lift Overturn
Two brothers, age 22 and 23, were 120 feet in the air on the articulated boom lift when high winds blew it over, killing them.
May 1, 2026
Safety & Compliance
Alabama Contractor Faces $115K in Proposed Fines After Fatal Trench Collapse
A 45-year-old worker died after being buried alive in a trench collapse on a residential drainage project.
April 24, 2026
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April 30, 2026
Safety & Compliance
$20.5M Jury Award Against D.R. Horton for Trench-Collapse Injury Overturned
The state Supreme Court ruled the country’s largest homebuilder did not have a legal obligation to a subcontractor's injured worker.
April 21, 2026
Safety & Compliance
Contractor with Long History of Trench Violations Faces $4.7M Fine After Fatality
A worker died and another was seriously injured in a cave-in on a sewer project by Revoli Construction, which has OSHA violations dating back to 1995.
April 2, 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Safety & Compliance
Texas Contractor Pleads Guilty to Assault for Fatal Trench Collapse
The trench caved in earlier in the day, yet the 24-year-old worker was ordered back inside. The second collapse killed him.
September 4, 2025
Safety
2 Workers Die, 1 Injured on Sewer Installation Project in Alabama
Three men entered a 20-foot-deep manhole, but only one was able to climb out on his own.
August 13, 2025
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