We encourage every employer to hold safety stand down events and discuss the hazards of excavation and trenching work and ways to protect each other from those hazards. Visit www.osha.gov ...

An Austin construction company pleaded guilty in connection with the death of a worker who was buried in a trench collapse. D ...

There are multiple safety risks on a trenching and excavation site, but cave-ins pose the most serious threat and are most likely to result in fatalities, according to OSHA.

An investigation by NPR, Texas Public Radio and 1A in 2024 found that more than 250 workers had died as a result of ...

Oregon OSHA offers free resources – involving no fault, no citations, and no penalties – to help employers address a broad range of workplace safety and health concerns, including trench and ...

BROADVIEW, IL ‒ Federal safety investigators found a Schaumburg excavating contractor has again failed to follow federally mandated safety measures to protect workers from potentially deadly trenches ...

OSHA has fined Bandera Utility Contractors $107,228 for trench safety violations in Fort Worth, marking repeated failures after a fatal 2022 incident.

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