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 […]
