CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

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Colorado Trench Collapse Kills Two

Construction site

The trench collapse in northern Colorado earlier this year is being investigated.

July 30, 2019
Engineering News-Record

Federal safety officials are investigating the April 16 collapse of a trench that killed two construction workers in northern Colorado. The two men—Cristopher Lee Ramirez, 26, and Jorge Baez Valadez, 41—were installing utilities at a site being developed by D.R. Horton Express Homes in Windsor, Colo., when they were trapped by soil and rocks in the 15-ft-deep trench. The rescue attempt lasted seven hours and involved small shovels because of fears of a second collapse.

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