Spur city employee killed in utility trench cave-in

An employee for the city of Spur died in a cave-in at a utility trench on Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from The ...
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Iowa construction worker suing after 2023 cave-in that left him 'buried alive'

BONDURANT, Iowa — A Polk County man is suing a West Des Moines based homebuilder and that company's subcontractors following a 2023 incident that injured him and left him temporarily buried on a ...
WUFT

250+ workers have died in preventable trench cave-ins over a decade, probe finds

Every day across the country, scores of workers toil in trenches, the glorified ditches you see along the highway at large construction sites and new home builds. Without the proper systems in place, ...
Hartford Courant

U.S. Labor Department cites CT contractor for workplace safety violations in fatal trench cave-in

A Connecticut concrete and earthwork contractor faces up to $394,000 in fines in connection with a fatal trench collapse in December 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Sound Construction ...
Post-Bulletin

Trench caves in, kills worker Tuesday

BLACKDUCK, Minn. -- A Blackduck worker died after the trench he was working in caved in. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office said it received a report of a trench caving in on a worker near Blackduck ...
The Roanoke Times

Worker rescued from trench cave-in

An employee of a company contracted by Roanoke Emergency Medical Services to repair a sewer system near its building on Day Avenue was rescued from a trench Saturday morning after a dirt and rock wall ...