March 26, 2018
A construction company faces criminal charges in connection with an employee’s death due to a trench collapse.
Susquehanna Supply Co. Inc. of Williamsport, PA, has been charged with willfully committing an OSHA violation that resulted in an employee’s death.
Susquehanna Supply’s primary business is bridge rehabilitation. The company contracted with the PA Department of Transportation to rehabilitate a bridge near Eyers Grove, PA.
The rehab involved digging large trenches at each end of the bridge. On July 7, 2015, company employee Richard Gold entered a trench at one end of the bridge to remove additional soil. The trench was about 12 feet deep – a depth that requires protection from cave-ins under OSHA rules.
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