Panda Development / G.A.L. Concrete

Description

Worker killed from asphyxia by compression in unshored excavation. Soils report was inadequate because it failed to recommend a vertical cut.

Prosecutors:
Deputy District Attorney Jan Chatten-Brown
Incident Type: Trench Collapse
County: Los Angeles
State: CA
Date: Jan. 7, 1987
Additional Materials
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Contact for Additional Information:
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Victims
First Last Age Title Employer Injury Type
Jesus Flores 30 Unavailable Unavailable Fatality
Defendants
Name Type Title Plea Info. Conviction Sentence
G.A.L. Concrete Construction Co. Entity Subcontractor Entity Unavailable Unavailable
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Involuntary Manslaughter
Other Crimes: Unavailable
Benjamin Lowe Individual President, G.A.L. Concrete Construction Co. Unavailable Unavailable
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Involuntary Manslaughter
Other Crimes: Unavailable
Michael Berry Individual Foreman Unavailable Unavailable
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Involuntary Manslaughter
Other Crimes: Unavailable
Richard Hu Individual Soils Engineer Unavailable Unavailable
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Involuntary Manslaughter
Other Crimes: Unavailable
Panda Development & Construction Co. Entity General Contractor Entity Unavailable Unavailable
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Involuntary Manslaughter
Other Crimes: Unavailable