CHAMBERSBURG, PA, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Labor has cited an excavation contractor for willful and serious safety violations after a young worker was fatally injured in a trench collapse.
The department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an investigation into Jonas David Wagoner - doing business as J.D. Wagoner Excavating - on April 2, 2026, and found workers were installing a storm sewer system 12 feet below ground level in a trench that was not adequately protected from soil collapse.When a portion of the trench's wall failed, the unrestrained soil engulfed one worker. The agency issued a willful violation for failure to protect workers from ca...