{"id":42965,"date":"2024-12-26T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/blog\/?p=42965"},"modified":"2024-12-24T15:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T10:19:06","slug":"texas-contractor-superintendent-indicted-in-2021-fatal-trench-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/texas-contractor-superintendent-indicted-in-2021-fatal-trench-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Contractor, Superintendent Indicted in 2021 Fatal Trench Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has come to the fore that a Texas construction company has been charged with felony criminal negligent homicide after a worker died in a trench collapse dating back to 2021. The accused company\u2019s project superintendent has also been charged.<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration<\/strong> has revealed that two workers had been sent back inside a 13-foot-deep trench even after they had survived a cave-in on October 23, 2021. The men were ordered to enter the trench to install a residential sewer. The incident occurred in Austin and no protective measures were adopted to ensure the safety of the workers in case a second cave-in occurred while the men were working in the trench.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident claimed the life of Juan Jos\u00e9 Galvan Batalla who ended up being buried underneath the soil and debris. The 24-year-old worker could not survive the second cave-in and ended up being hospitalized due to the injuries he sustained. A week later, he died. The other worker however survived the trench cave-in but still sustained injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

D Guerra Construction LLC of Austin was cited with five violations in 2022. It included a citation for no cave-in protection. It was also cited by OSHA for water in the bottom of the trench. The citation made by Occupational Safety and Health Administration<\/span> Agency proposed penalties worth $243,406. However, the amount was later reduced to $140,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

The OSHA agency had then sent the case to the Travis County District Attorney\u2019s Office. D Guerra Construction and its project superintendent were indicted by the grand jury. Carlos Alejandro Guerrero, the project superintendent, faced indictment charges stemming from criminal negligent homicide, as confirmed by District Attorney, Jos\u00e9 Garza.<\/span><\/p>\n

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