A deadly trench collapse in the West Valley nearly three years ago devastated two Arizona families. MORE ⬇️
Those families are now calling for changes in the state program that oversees worker safety. They say the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or ADOSH, needs to levy higher fines against companies that break safety laws and regulations.
Their families rushed to the construction site and soon learned the tragic news that 33-year-old Rudy and 36-year-old Alex had been buried alive. ADOSH said the company failed to have an adequate protection system in place on the trench. It also didn’t train workers to recognize unsafe conditions, according to ADOSH.“These companies are getting slapped on the wrist and being sent on their way. And people are having to deal with the devastation in their family,” Deanna Mori said.
Workplace compliance inspections also declined by more than 50% in that same five-year period from more than 1,200 to less than 500. “Our position would be that there would be no knowledge on behalf of the company of the conditions that have been cited,” Vance said at a public meeting before fines were levied.
ADOSH officials countered that such a change required legislative action, which finally happened in 2022, and wasn’t something the agency could do on its own.
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