June 20, 2016
A construction company has been convicted of five counts, including manslaughter, in connection with the death of a worker who was crushed to death when an unshored, 13-foot-deep trench collapsed.
A New York state judge convicted Harco Construction LLC (aka H&H Builders Inc.) for recklessly causing the death of 22-year-old Carlos Moncayo, an Ecuadorian immigrant.
Along with the top count of second-degree manslaughter, Harco was also convicted of criminally negligent homicide and three counts of reckless endangerment.
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