Firm convicted in trench death ordered to fund announcements
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A construction company convicted in the death of a worker in a New York trench collapse has been sentenced to fund a series of worker safety public service announcements.
But an attorney for Harco Construction LLC told a judge Wednesday it won't comply, saying the sentence violates its First Amendment rights and would be an admission of wrongdoing.
The judge then imposed a $10,000 fine if the company doesn't comply with the sentence.
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Harco was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment in the April 2015 death of Carlos Moncayo. The Ecuadorean immigrant died when a 14-foot trench caved in at a Manhattan building site.
The company plans to appeal the conviction.
Criminal cases are pending against an excavation subcontractor and two people.