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Rescue and recovery effort for Alexander Wright, a geologist killed when a test pit collapsed in 2008.

U.K. Company Is Convicted of Manslaughter Over Geologist Death

February 15, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical engineering firm Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings was convicted today of Corporate Manslaughter in the death of geologist Alexander Wright. The accident occurred when Mr. Wright had entered a test pit to take soil samples and […]