Contractors can often develop their own shoring designs for trench excavations. However, excavations near adjacent structures, underground utilities and roadways may come with unique and complex ...

Many traditional utility projects still rely on trenching and excavating to get the job done, but as the hole gets bigger and deeper, the dangers increase for construction crew members down in the pit ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today signed an agreement with an alliance of trade organizations, labor unions and industry stakeholders to ...

“Excavations in Construction/Soil Classification,” a new video from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, highlights the importance of soil classification when performing trenching and ...

Every month in the US, two workers die on average from a trench cave-in. That’s 24 workers every single year—a number that doesn’t even account for the many others who are seriously injured by ...

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of ...

The Central Weber (Utah) Sewer Improvement District recently awarded an important underground utility project to Whitaker Construction Company of Brigham City, Utah. Whitaker is in the process of ...

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 ...

Despite the variety of trench safety practices and protective devices available on the market, excavation and trenching remain among the most hazardous operations on a construction site. As defined by ...

June 07 -- Baltimore Fire Department officials said Wednesday that a deep trench that collapsed around a 19-year-old construction worker did not have protective shoring to stop the muddy earth from ...