A construction company has been issued $157,500 worth of fines over a predawn trench collapse that killed a 27-year-old laborer last summer.
The 27-year-old victim was buried under dirt and debris after the collapse of a 17-foot channel dug for a pipe project.
Joel Gomez was in a 17-foot-deep unshored earthen channel that collapsed onto him on Aug. 28, leaving him trapped under dirt ...