Contractor to Be Sentenced on Manslaughter Charge for Trench Death

The owner of an Avon, Colorado, construction company whose failure to follow required federal safety standards caused a worker's death in a trench collapse will be sentenced in November after pleading guilty to manslaughter in August, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced. The plea follows a criminal referral by the U.S. Department of Labor after owner Peter Dillon and his now-defunct company, A4S LLC, refused to require the use of proper safety equipment to protect workers, which led to a worker’s death while installing a residential sewer line in Breckenridge...