Company, Previously Fined By OSHA, Loses Worker In Trench Collapse

A 28-year-old man was killed when a trench collapsed Tuesday on Heisley Road in Mentor. The accident occurred as a water line was being relocated by Aqua Ohio. "Aqua Ohio announces with deep sorrow that one of our employees was killed this afternoon while working to repair a water main in Mentor, Ohio today," the company said in a statement Tuesday evening. "The accident occurred while the employee was working in an excavated trench. The company will conduct an investigation, and work with OSHA on their investigation as well.