New regulation requires contractors to submit a detailed written safety plan before digging begins to prevent fatal cave-ins.

Trenching and excavation are two of the most hazardous operations within the construction industry. In the first six months of 2022, 22 workers died during trenching and excavation work, surpassing ...

With construction projects, there are multiple risks to consider when on a jobsite. Let’s look at two of the most dangerous jobs—trenching and excavation. In 2022, 39 people died while doing trenching ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA announced enhanced enforcement and oversight efforts following an “alarming rise” in trenching fatalities, intended to draw attention to construction worker safety and present ...

TUMWATER, Wash. — The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said a Kent contractor is facing over $400,000 in fines for safety violations that led to the death of a construction worker in September ...

United Rentals has launched a Excavation Safety Training for Competent Persons Program, offering an interactive approach to teaching trench and excavation safety. "Designed to enhance compliance and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A construction contractor in Vail faces fines and federal scrutiny after a trench collapse killed a worker and the company “willfully” exposed workers to ...

Labor and industry groups are collaborating on a new effort to improve trench safety, a growing concern on jobsites across the U.S. in recent years, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

The trench box that would have saved Surjit Gill’s life stopped four feet short of the top of the trench he was working in — even though the additional equipment needed was sitting, unused, on the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A construction company failed to protect its workers when a trench collapsed in a San Francisco neighborhood and a 24-year-old worker was buried alive, state officials said.

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Police have charged an equipment operator and a construction company owner in connection with a fatal trench collapse at a Vernon construction site in 2022 that killed a 56-year-old husband and father ...