MILPITAS, Calif. (AP) -- State officials have suspended the
license of the builder of a Milpitas, Calif., home where a
carpenter was buried alive last weekend.
The Contractors State License Board said Friday that it
suspended the general building contractor license of US-Sino
Investment Inc. because the company had failed to comply with state workers' compensation insurance laws.
The board says though licensed contractors are required to carry
workers' compensation insurance for all employees, US-Sino
Investment had an exemption claiming it had no employees.
Carpenter Raul Zapata died Saturday when he was buried in a
12-foot trench at the worksite.
Earlier this week, officials with the California Occupation
Health and Safety Administration said the company lacked a proper permit for its work on the 5,800-square-foot home.
Milpitas officials issued a stop-work order three days before
the accident because of concerns over a rain-soaked hillside.
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