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Bronx Contractor Cited For Excavation Hazards After 2 Deaths at JFK Airport

The deaths of two employees of a Bronx water and sewer contractor at a construction site at John F. Kennedy International Airport could have been prevented with proper safeguards, according to investigators with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration …

2 Killed in Construction Trench Accident at New York’s JFK Airport

Two workers were killed in a construction accident at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said the two workers got trapped under …

2 Workers Presumed Dead in Texas Trench Collapse

Two workers were presumed dead after a trench they were digging for a sewer line in Texas on Tuesday collapsed and buried them, officials said. The workers were digging a 24-foot-deep (7-meter-deep) in new subdivision under development in Jarrell, about …

2 Minnesota Construction Workers Die After Trench Collapses on Them

Two construction workers died after a trench collapsed on top of them in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, and one of their bodies was found 9 feet underground roughly 12 hours later. St. Paul Deputy Fire Chief Roy …

Settlement Reached over Fatal Trench Collapse at Wyoming Resort

A Wyoming developer and representatives of two men who died on his property have reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported that the terms of the settlement involving developer Jamie Mackay were …

Ohio Excavating Company Fined $202K Following Fatal Trench Collapse

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited JK Excavating & Utilities Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse in Ohio. OSHA has proposed penalties of $202,201 and placed the company in …

Missouri Company Fined $700K for Breaking Rules After Worker Fatality

A Missouri plumbing company has been fined more than $700,000 for workplace safety violations, including an employee’s death. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Arrow Plumbing LLC for the death of 33-year-old Donald “D.J.” Meyer and for allegedly failing …

Missouri Plumbing Contractor Hit with $714K in Fines Over Trench Collapse

A month after a 33-year-old worker died while working in an unprotected trench, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found another employee of the same Missouri plumbing contractor working in a similarly unprotected trench at another …

OSHA: No Reinforced Walls in Deadly Ohio Trench Collapse

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says inspectors probing a construction site where a worker was killed this week found no evidence the wall of the trench was reinforced. Cleveland.com reports OSHA officials say inspectors didn’t find a trench box …

Louisiana Firm Fined $105K Following Deadly Trench Collapse

Federal workplace safety officials have cited a Baton Rouge, La., contractor following a trench collapse in which Isidro Martinez, 24 was killed. Another worker was pulled to safety by co-workers. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …