A TRENCH CAVES IN; A YOUNG WORKER IS DEAD. IS IT A CRIME?

This article reprints an investigative report first published by the New York Times on the death of a worker who was buried alive in a collapsed trench. The worker was untrained and had been sent into an unprotected, unstable, rain-saturated, 10-foot deep trench to install pipes. The article describes the violations of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations that led to the collapse and the family's fight to have the company that employed the worker criminally prosecuted for willfully violating the OSHA regulations. The final decision by OSHA was to fine the company for violations, but not to press for criminal charges.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page range: pp 30-32, 34, 36-38.
• Corporate Authors:

  Associated General Contractors of America

  2300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400
  Arlington, VA  United States  22201
• Authors:
  • Barstow, D
• Publication Date: 2004-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • Constructor
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Associated General Contractors of America
  • ISSN: 0162-6191

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction sites; Crimes; Liability; Negligence; Occupational safety; Regulations; Trenches; Trenching
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00977933
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 17 2004 12:00AM