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OSHA fines Connecticut company nearly $300K after employee died from trench collapse

Some of the citations mentioned that the company did not follow certain protocols to protect employees from cave-ins.

OSHA fines Connecticut company $250,000 after deadly trench collapse in Norwich

A Connecticut company is facing more than $250,000 in fines from federal workplace safety officials following a deadly trench ...
Equipment World

Contractor Faces $1.2M Fine for Repeat Violations After Fatal Trench Collapse

Sound Construction Inc. was cited for 11 violations by OSHA two years after similar violations after one of its workers died in a trench collapse.
Yahoo

Father Witnessed His Son Be 'Fully Buried' in Fatal Trench Collapse at Work: 'It Was So Unexpected'

A man is dead and two other people were injured after a trench collapsed in southwest Ohio on Dec. 5 Local officials said that "standard safety systems" were not in place at the scene, and police are ...

No permit, no trench box: What we know month after collapse that killed worker

It's been 38 days since the Clermont County trench collapse killed a man and injured two others. Police and OSHA ...
The Boston Globe

Worker killed in Yarmouth trench collapse was cherished member of Fall River’s Portuguese community

Miguel Reis, the construction worker killed in a trench collapse at a public sewer project in Yarmouth, is being remembered as a cherished member of the Portuguese Fall River community who was devoted ...
Construction Equipment

Sound Construction Cited Again for Trench Safety Violations

Dec. 18—An Easton contractor found to have violated several workplace safety regulations that led to an employee’s death has been cited again, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Read today’s ...