A man was hoisted from a 15-foot construction hole during a precarious rescue operation in the sweltering heat in Pomona on Wednesday afternoon.
Fifteen construction workers were rescued but one did not survive, his family said. Another worker remains unaccounted for.
Firefighters on Wednesday rescued at least three men who became stuck on cherry pickers after part of a construction site collapsed in Glendale.
Emergency workers attempted to rescue the workers from the rubble but they were both pronounced dead after being pulled from the trench.
A scaffolding collapse from 70 feet at a construction site killed 3 people in Charlotte on Monday morning.
Workers have fallen off ladders, crushed fingers, and more while working on the extension project.