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Granite Construction Co.

Description

7 construction workers were killed after falling 470 feet in a scaffolding collapse while building a hydropower plant at PG&E’s ‘Helms Pumped Storage Project.’ A similar platform collapse had occured two days earlier, and although no one was injured, management took no corrective action.

Prosecutors

Unavailable

Incident Type

Fall

County

Fresno

State

California

Date

January 23, 1981

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Victims

First	Last	Age	Title	Employer	Injury Type
Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Construction Worker	Granite Construction	Fatality

Defendants

Name	Type	Title	Plea Information	Conviction Sentence
Granite Construction Co.	Entity	Entity	Unavailable	Indictment for manslaughter was upheld.
Penal Crimes Charged Manslaughter			Other Crimes Charged Unavailable