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Missouri Contractor Cited in Fatal Trench Collapse

DUDLEY, MO ‒ A federal workplace safety investigation alleges that a Dexter construction contractor might have prevented a pipelayer’s fatal injuries in a trench collapse on April 8, 2022, if the company had used trench safety protection measures as required by law. The worker was installing storm water drainage in an 8-foot-deep trench along Old Highway […]

Man Rescued From a 15 Foot Trench Collapse

On Thursday October 6, 2022 a man was rescued by firefighters in Campbell County Wyoming after he was trapped in a trench collapse. The construction worker was working 15′ below ground and inside a trench box, when the walls of the trench around him collapsed. Thankfully, he was working inside the trench box at the […]

OSHA Resource – Trench Collapse Prevention Video

In the U.S., more than 800 construction workers die every year while on the job. One of the most dangerous types of construction work is trenching, which kills, on average, 40 workers every year. Workers can suffer death or serious injury within minutes of being caught in a trench cave-in. But these deaths can be […]