Two workers in Texas were killed June 28 when the unprotected 20-ft-deep trench they were inside collapsed, as trench shields sat unused beside the excavation. They were the 21st and 22nd workers to ...

In 2022's first six months, 22 workers have fallen victim to the deadly hazards present in trenching and excavation work – surpassing 15 in all of 2021 – and prompting the U.S. Department of Labor's ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA is highlighting trenching hazards, and their potentially-dire consequences, on its homepage. OSHA had released CPL 02-00-161 on October 1, 2018, continuing its National ...

Recognizing soil conditions, and knowing what to do when different conditions exist, are important when it comes to working safely in construction trenches, according to construction safety experts.

After investigating a trench collapse that resulted in a worker’s death, OSHA alleges that the contractor might have prevented the fatal injuries if it had used trench safety protection measures. The ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A body has been recovered as of 7:37 p.m. after a trench collapsed in Grain Valley and killed a construction worker on Wednesday. According to the Central Jackson Fire Protection ...

In the first six months of 2022, 22 workers died from trench hazards, according to OSHA. In 2021, only 15 workers died the entire year from these hazards. With these numbers, OSHA announced an ...

BISMARCK — The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Association signed an agreement with multiple North Dakota safety companies on Monday, June 21, to educate and train businesses in an effort to ...

RUSTON, La. (KSLA) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a fatal trench collapse in Ruston. A worker for Skylan Construction Inc. was in an 8-foot-deep excavation to ...

Federal labor officials are investigating whether safety rules were violated at the residential work site where a 20-year-old western Massachusetts construction worker died Monday when a trench ...

Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the death of a 47-year-old Kingsville, Missouri, man in a trench collapse in Grain Valley Wednesday, a ...