CT Construction Company Owner, Employee Charged In Trench Collapse Death
The owner of a Connecticut construction company and an equipment operator has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a worker who was buried in a collapsed trench.
The incident took place in Tolland County on Friday, July 22, 2022, at a construction site in Vernon that killed Hartford County resident, Dennis Slater, age 56, of East Windsor.
Hartford County resident Dennis Botticello, age 67, of Suffield, and Tolland County resident Glen Locke, age 65, of Somers, were charged on Friday, March 3 in connection with a fatal trench collapse, said Lt. Robert Marr…
Worker Killed In Cecil County Landfill Accident Was 'Honest, Hardworking,' Friend Says
An industrial accident at the Cecil County Landfill left a Colora man dead after he was trapped under heavy machinery he had been working on, officials announced.
Investigators from the Cecil County Sheriff's Office say that Stephen Brown, 37, died on Thursday, Dec. 29 when he was fixing a piece of equipment that accidentally fell on him, pinning him to death.
Other workers attempted to rescue him and perform life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials, who noted that Brown was employed by a company contracted through the Cecil County government.
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