Cal/OSHA Cites Construction Company $157,500 for Fatal Trench Accident

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined a construction company $157,500 after a fatal trench collapse. Joel Olea Gomez, 27, was killed on Aug. 28, 2024, when a portion of the 17-foot-deep trench he was working in collapsed. He was pinned under a large concrete pipe he was helping install as part of a sewer project at Hoyt Park Drive and Scripps Ranch Boulevard north of San Diego, according to a report by a CBS affiliate. Another worker who was in the trench at the time was able to avoid being buried. The agency commonly referred to as Cal/OSHA said it cited W.A....