Employer Cited After Sewer Worker Deaths

“Numerous safety hazards” were found at an Alabama site where workers were fatally exposed to sewage gases, the U.S. Labor Department said. Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that on Aug. 11, 2025, three workers for Construction Labor Services were installing and repairing sewer lines inside a manhole in Mobile when they were "overcome by sewer gas and became unresponsive,” the Labor Department said in a release. Garrett Robertson, 31, and Herbert Rivas, 50, died. Investigators determined that the company did not have programs, ...