A contractor in Kent will be fined more than $400,000 for violating safety regulations which the Washington state Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) says led to the death of a construction worker.

A Washington contractor has been fined $437,591 in the death of a worker last year killed when a trench collapsed on him. Surjit Gill, 36, was killed on a project in Renton, Washington, in September ...

When a trench collapse trapped two workers in Yarmouth, MA, firefighters launched a technical rescue operation. Scott Smith and Christopher Beal share lessons that fire departments can use to prepare ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - A partial trench collapse injured a man working on a water line hook up at 518 N. Flora Ave in Spokane Valley Monday evening. Valley Ladder 10 initially responded to a reported ...

After an hours-long ordeal, rescuers pulled a man from a collapsed trench Wednesday night in Allentown, Pennsylvania.A private contractor and his co-worker were working on sewer lines in the backyard ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — A construction incident Friday proved to be one of the more challenging rescue operations for veteran first responders when a trench wall caved in, and a worker’s leg was hurt ...