L&I Fines Three Companies for Fatal Trench Collapse

The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries fined three companies more than $500,000 combined for safety violations uncovered during an investigation into a January trench collapse at a wind farm site near Rainier that killed one worker and seriously injured another. L&I said it cited RES System 3 LLC for eight violations, and RES America Construction Inc. for six violations related to the fatal incident at the Skookumchuck Wind Farm site. A third company, GEMS, a medical service contractor, has been cited for one serious violation. At the time of the incident, an RES Syste...