San Francisco Prosecutors File Charges Over Fatal Lower Haight Trench Collapse
San Francisco prosecutors have filed felony involuntary manslaughter and safety violation charges against D’Arcy & Harty Construction, Inc. and three of its employees in connection with a deadly trench collapse in the city's Lower Haight neighborhood in September 2023, which…
San Francisco Oakland San Jose, CA, October 19, 2026 —
San Francisco prosecutors have filed felony involuntary manslaughter and safety violation charges against D’Arcy & Harty Construction, Inc. and three of its employees in connection with a fatal trench collapse in the city’s Lower Haight neighborhood in September 2023.
The collapse resulted in the death of a worker. The information provided does not identify the worker, the three employees charged, or the date the charges were filed. It also does not specify the particular safety violations alleged or describe the circumstances of the collapse beyond its location and month.
The charges are allegations; the information available does not provide details about court proceedings or any findings in the case. It does not state whether the company or employees have entered pleas, or whether they have issued responses to the charges.
No further information was provided about the work underway at the site, the status of any investigation, or the next steps in the legal process. The exact date of the collapse was also not provided. Those details remain unclear based on the information available.
The case involves both a company and three employees, but the specific charges against each defendant were not detailed. The amount of any potential fine or other penalty was not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by Steph Rodriguez on ww2.kqed.org, see more information here.
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