Contractor Cited for Fatal Trench Collapse

A Texas contractor has been cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died during a trench collapse late last year. OSHA announced last week the two repeat citations against Buffalo, Texas-based R Construction Civil LLC over the October workplace death, which occurred during excavation operations at a job site near Manvel. During the incident, the worker became pinned against a mechanical compactor and then died after a trench wall caved in. OSHA said the company failed to provide a means to safely exit the excavation site, failed to keep soil piles at l...