The construction workers who helped save a man’s life during a recent trench collapse are getting some recognition. Several ...

Christopher Lee Ramirez, 26, of Boulder, and Jorge Baez Valadez, 41, of Denver, succumbed to their injuries while rescuers attempted to extricate them from a collapsed trench in Windsor on April 16.

HFD Deputy Chief Douglas Harrison says Martin's co-worker tried to use a backhoe to dig him out, but then the equipment partially fell into the trench.

A man who was completely buried in a collapsed trench at a muddy construction site was rescued Monday by a worker who dug him out with a backhoe.

The trench was about 10 feet deep, HFD said. The workers tried using a backhoe to rescue the man before firefighters were finally called in to help.

The walls of one trench, measured at approximately 15 feet deep, began to slide and cave in. The ladder that was used to get into and out of the trench broke from the dirt and mud caving in. After the ...

A Breese contractor has been issued multiple penalties for trench cave-in violations. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Labor, Groundworks Contracting Inc. of Breese was ...

It’s been over three weeks since a trench collapse along Sallie Barber Road killed 20-year-old Marlon Diaz and partially buried another individual. Details about the incident remain scarce as ...

Jun. 18—TUMWATER — Wenatchee-based fruit company Stemilt has been fined $353,000 for safety violations that led to a worker being buried and injured in a trench collapse last fall near Othello.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA has started a new investigation after a worker was injured in a Blue Springs trench. The worker was struck by the bucket of a backhoe ...

WEBVTT HAS THE DETAILS. REPORTER: A TRENCH CAVES IN BURYING ONE WORKER WAIST DEEP IN A 10-FOOT HOLE. A SECOND WORKER TRYING FREE HIM -- TRYING TO FREE HIM IS ALSO TRAPPED. THAT’S THE SITUATION ...

But this time, a co-worker carelessly operating a backhoe near the trench loosened the unstable soil, instantly burying Spencer, who’d been on his knees.