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Safety

OSHA fines Ohio’s JK Excavating & Utilities $201,201 for trench-collapse death

OSHA placed JK Excavating in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program and issued four citations and penalties for violations to OSHA. Details here.

June 25, 2018

Safety

Worker dies following trench collapse in Michigan

A worker died due to injuries suffered in a trench collapse earlier this month on a Michigan jobsite. According to a report from The Macomb Daily, 47-year-old Alfredo Garcia was working inside a 6-foot-deep trench in Macomb Township when the walls collapsed on the morning of Nov. 11. The accident occurred four days before another worker was killed in a […]

December 1, 2015

Safety

Trench collapse claims life of Wisconsin worker

A Wisconsin worker was killed in a trench collapse earlier this month in a tragic accident that occurred while working with his father. According to a report from WBAY TV, 46-year-old Scott Krepline had not been seen for about 30 minutes the afternoon of November 10 when the fire department was called to a jobsite […]

November 30, 2015

Workforce

Two managers charged with negligent homicide for death of worker in NYC construction collapse

Two managers are facing homicide charges in connection with a deadly soil collapse in New York City earlier this year. The New York Daily News reports Wilmer Cuevas, 49, and Alfonso Prestia, 55, were indicted earlier this week for “allegedly refusing to shut down” a construction site where a man was killed April 6. At the […]

August 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Embankment collapse kills worker in trench on PennDOT bridge project

A man working on a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation bridge rehabilitation project was killed last week when an embankment collapsed. According to a report from WBRE TV, 37-year-old Richard Gold III was working the morning of July 7 inside of a trench as part of a crew performing rehab work on a bridge off of Route 42 […]

July 14, 2015

Safety

Trench collapse kills worker on gas station project in Texas

A worker on a crew building a new location for the Allsups chain of gas stations and convenience stores was killed in a trench collapse last week. According to a report from KFDA TV, 63-year-old Juan Castaneda was killed June 30 while installing fuel tanks in Fritch, Texas. The station reports the trench’s dirt walls […]

July 8, 2015

Safety

Trench collapse kills worker near Minneapolis

Another trench accident claimed the life of a construction worker, this one occurring near Minneapolis. According to a report from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, 51-year-old Gerald Lyle Thompson was killed June 23 in a trench collapse in Lakeville. The paper reports Thompson was installing drain tile when the trench collapsed. WCCO TV reports Thompson […]

July 7, 2015

Safety

Trench collapse kills teenage worker in Kentucky

A sewer line installation near Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly last week when a trench collapsed atop two workers. According to a report from the Courier-Journal, the men were in the trench assisting a dig June 11 when “a heavy heap of dirt shifted and concrete on the trench’s edge gave way.” The collapse occurred shortly after […]

June 17, 2015

Safety

Construction worker killed in trench collapse during utility install in New Jersey

While installing a drainage line around a home under construction in Franklin, New Jersey, a trench collapsed burying and killing one worker. According to a report from NJ.com, 43-year-old Selvin Antulio Lopez-Castillo was inside a 3-feet-wide by 8-feet-deep trench when it collapsed around 4 p.m. Monday. His co-workers attempted to pull him from the trench […]

May 6, 2015

Safety

Safety Watch

Shoring things up Use required protective systems when working in a trench By Amy Materson   The accident: Two laborers were installing conduit in an 8-foot-deep by two-foot-wide trench. The crew leader, who was digging the trench with a backhoe, left the area to go to the company trailer. The two laborers continued to work […]

January 28, 2012