A Middletown, Pennsylvania contractor has been cited for multiple violations and fined $41,000 after a trench cave-in sent one of its workers to the hospital.
On Sept. 30, 2015, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency notified OSHA of a trench collapse. When OSHA inspectors arrived onsite, they found that a Williamson Plumbing and Heating employee was injured while working in an unprotected trench approximately 10-feet deep. The trench's sidewall collapsed - trapping and injuring the worker.