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 ...

OSHA says two construction workers' deaths in Punta Gorda trench collapse could have been prevented with proper safety ...

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 ...

An El Paso contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old employee from suffering fatal injuries in February by following federally required safety standards to avoid trench collapses, according to the ...

A worker died and two others were injured in a trench collapse Nov. 18 in Massachusetts while working for a contractor that ...

OSHA is taking action to protect people who work do trench and excavation work due to the high hazards at these sites. In 2022’s first six months, 22 workers have fallen victim to the deadly hazards, ...

An employer installing sanitation sewer pipes in a 15-foot-deep trench in Batavia, Ohio, exposed its employees to the hazard of collapsing walls by not installing trench safety boxes. An investigator ...

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 ...

An inspection prompted by a whistleblower complaint has led to OSHA citing DKS Structural Services Inc., doing business as Don Kennedy and Sons House Moving Co., for four trenching violations. The ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Kevin Sullivan, Occupational Safety and Health Administration area director in Westbury. Summer is approaching and with it comes all the great things we love ...

Revoli Construction, the contractor at the worksite West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, had a long history of workplace safety ...