OSHA inspectors found that a utility contractor had been installing [...]
An OSHA inspection of a water main installation project in [...]
Trenching Violations One willful, one repeat and three serious citations [...]
If you work in construction, or even if there is construction going on in your workplace, you need to be aware of the dangers associated with excavations.
Danny Meggison was an experienced trench worker, but he made a big mistake that left his eight-year-old son without a father.
Every month in the United States, an average of two workers die after being caught in collapsing trenches. In Canada, about 10 workers die in trench collapse incidents each year.
In this Safety Talk, learn about trench hazards and evacuation procedures to help prevent workers being injured or killed if a trench they are working in collapses.
OSHA inspected a storm drain and sewer line installation site [...]
Citations were issued for four alleged willful, repeat and serious [...]
OSHA cited a company after an inspection found employees installing [...]
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An unusual mishap occurred when the ground gave way outside of an excavation, burying and killing a worker. The worker had just climbed out of the excavation, which was properly shored up to prevent it
A brick wall collapsed and killed a worker digging in a trench beside it. He had been looking for a water line and had dug down about four feet (1.22 meters). The wall, seven feet
A worker was feeding coal from a bunker into a rail car at a steam plant. The coal jammed in the bottom of the bunker. The worker then entered the rail car and used a
One pipelayer was crushed to death and another injured when a trench collapsed. They were laying sewer pipe in a trench four feet (1.22 meters) wide at the bottom and 15 feet (4.57 meters) wide
A property owner had contracted a backhoe operator and a helper to assist him in digging a well. The excavation was 14 feet by 10 feet. The sides were not sloped nor were they shored
It was a blustery, rainy morning when Craig drove into the nursery parking lot. But the rain didn't dampen his spirits. He was just happy he'd landed a job - and a good one at that.
One pipelayer was crushed to death and another injured when a trench collapsed.
One man died in a construction site accident in Iowa earlier this year. Two men were working in a ditch replacing a sewer line when a wall of dirt suddenly caved in. One man was killed and the other suffered serious injuries to his legs.
A 53-year-old backhoe operator was killed, and his son seriously injured, when the wall of a trench they were working in caved in.
Twenty-three workers have been killed and 12 others injured in [...]
A critical element of every construction company’s environmental health and [...]
Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Trenching and excavation work are [...]
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