Excavating firm, president plead guilty in trench collapse
The president of an excavating company pleaded guilty, as did the firm, to violating federal workplace safety rules in a fatal trench collapse last year, the Associated Press reports.
Glen Wagner, 35, of McDonald, Penna., pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of willfully violating an OSHA regulation that caused the death of an employee. Wagner Excavation Service, Inc., of North Fayette Township, Penna., also pleaded guilty to the same charge. Under federal law, corporations can be charged with crimes as though they were individuals.