Labor Department cites construction firm for deadly Jarrell trench collapse

The U.S. Department of Labor determined last week that a Georgetown firm, WBW Construction LLC, was responsible for the deaths of two workers in a trench collapse at a Jarrell construction site in June.  The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed a penalty of $250,272 and placed WBW Construction LLC in the agency’s Severe Violator Enforcement Prog...

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