Workers' deaths in Pipecon trench collapse preventable, victorian coroner says
A Victorian coroner finds the 2018 deaths of two men killed when a trench they were working on collapsed in Ballarat could ...
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Contractor Pleads Guilty in New York Trench Fatality
Bethel contractor Michael Conway, 60, who was the site supervisor at the residential construction project in Mamaroneck, pled ...
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Bethel contractor pleads guilty after worker is buried alive in trench collapse, DA's office says
A Bethel contractor pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment in the 2021 death of a laborer, the Westchester County, N.Y., ...
Burnaby Now4d
Engineer certified Burnaby trench where worker died, court hears
"They were putting pipes in the ground, and there was, I think, a couple of pipe layers in the trench." J. Cote sued the city for extra costs after the fatal wall collapse, according to Tsuyuki. He ...
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Worker Buried Alive: Bethel Contractor Admits 'Recklessness' In Trench Death, DA Says
A Connecticut contractor has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment following the death of a worker who was buried alive at ...
The Texas Observer24d
In Austin, a Rare Prosecution over Worker Death in Trench Collapse
Trench collapses are often immediately fatal, as one cubic yard of soil can weigh 3,000 pounds and fall in seconds, leaving workers no time to escape. But the employer is almost never held ...
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WorkSafeBC inspector 'shocked' at foreman's words at fatal Burnaby workplace accident
Douglas Fielding, the first WorkSafeBC official at the retaining wall collapse that killed pipe layer Jeff Caron, testified ...
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Injured worker tells court he raised safety concerns before fatal Burnaby accident
Thomas Richer was seriously injured when a concrete retaining wall collapsed into a storm- and sewer-line trench in a lane behind Edinburgh Street in North Burnaby in October 2012. His co-worker ...