Miami Township Fire and EMS says preliminary information suggests the men were contractors working to install water control ...

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 ...

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 ...

Safety measures were not in place when three men were trapped after a trench collapsed in Clermont County on Friday afternoon ...

After a fatal Clermont County trench collapse, OSHA and local police investigate whether charges should be filed.

According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Labor, Groundworks Contracting Inc. of Breese was cited for ignoring a city engineer’s instructions to use trench cave-in protection. A federal ...

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 ...

OSHA has proposed $243,406 in penalties after a Texas trench collapse killed one worker and injured another in October 2021. Getty images/iStockPhoto Hours after two workers escaped from a partial ...

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 ...

The man killed when a trench collapsed as he installed cesspool rings outside a Head of the Harbor home was employed by a Bay Shore masonry company previously fined $10,000 for six safety violations, ...

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 ...

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 ...