Contractor Killed in Trench With No Cave-In Protection

The owner of a Wisconsin construction company was killed Nov. 10 when a 10-foot-deep trench he was working in caved in and no cave-in protection was used.Scott A. Krepline, 46, owner of Krepline Trucking & Excavating, was working alone in the trench when the sidewalls caved in. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.Krepline’s Hilbert, Wisconsin-based company was installing a sewer line between new storage unit locations and an existing commercial business in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. Krepline’s only employee was his dad.OSHA responded to the scene, and reported that no cave-in protection was used on the work site, but may