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 ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Billings Area Office cited Glennco Excavating Inc. for one willful, two serious and three repeat violations. The employer ...

Excavation equipment should not be operated or stored where it can create a potential cave-in problem. Safe egress or rescue operations should not be blocked by materials or equipment stored outside ...

OSHA has cited SER Construction Partners Ltd., Pasadena, Texas, with three safety violations totaling $79,900 in fines for exposing workers at a Houston construction site to excavation hazards. SER ...

According to OSHA, two workers are killed every month in trenching operations. To address the hazards of excavation work, the agency has released new guidance materials, including a fact sheet, a ...

Quoting from a recent OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Fact Sheet seems a good way to introduce the topic of trench safety. “Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous ...

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 ...

Excavations and trenches have become so commonplace on worksites that some employers and employees have developed a sense of complacency with some of the most basic requirements of excavation safety.