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A worker was killed in a terrible tragedy on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 when the trench he was working in collapsed, burying him under 10 feet of dirt. The unidentified worker, who was originally from Connecticut, had been working on a residential construction site at 648...
The contracting company RC Structures Inc. of Roslyn, New York is facing consequences for the careless and negligent actions that led to the tragic death of two workers in a trench collapse in January 2020. The contractor was fined a whopping $135,612 by the...
A construction worker was tragically killed on the job when the trench he was working in collapsed. The incident occurred in the Hudson Valley town of Woodbury, New York on Monday, March 22, 2021. The 43-year-old worker, who remains unidentified, was working on the...
$2,100,000 Settlement for Laborer With Spinal Injuries After Trench Collapse Court and County Supreme Court, Queens County Age and Occupation of Plaintiff Our client was 58 years old and employed as a laborer on the date of the accident. Description of Case This...
On June 11, 2020 at around 10:00 a.m., a Clarkstown Highway Department employee at a job site in New City, New York was injured when the trench he was working in suddenly collapsed, trapping him in dirt and debris up to his waist. Thankfully, the 35-year-old's...
A construction worker was rescued from a 10-foot deep trench in the Bronx after it collapsed on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The worker, who is still unidentified, had been trying to clear a waste pipe at a construction site in the Riverdale section of the...
On Tuesday, July 18 at 9:45 AM, a man working on a six-story new residential building project on Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was trapped up to his waist under thousands of pounds of dirt that collapsed, stopping at least three feet high. According to...
In a tragic turn of events, Mark Holder of Redwood, New York lost his life on April 20, after the wall of a ditch he was working in unexpectedly collapsed. Holder, 59, was installing an underground drainage line for a residential construction project managed by...
On Monday morning around 11:00 a.m., two construction workers performing utility work at John F. Kennedy Airport became trapped in a 30-foot trench when a concrete slab fell on top of them. After being pulled from the rubble, the two men were tragically pronounced...
New York Trench Collapse and Excavating Accident Prevention GuideTrenching and excavating are among the most hazardous activities in construction work. On average, 35 construction workers lose their lives each year due to trench collapses, according to the U.S. Bureau...
