A Kansas construction contractor has been fined $66,730 for repeat violations after a worker died in a trench collapse last year, according to OSHA.

Electric transmission and distribution systems deliver power to communities, businesses and consumers across millions of miles of lines through a mix of overhead and underground infrastructure. The ...

OSHA has partnered with the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) and the North American Excavation and Shoring Association (NAXSA) to promote a Trench Safety Stand Down during June 18-23.

Following a trench collapse in Macon, Georgia, that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old worker and severe injuries to another, OSHA has proposed penalties totaling $308,125 against Pyles Plumbing ...

Safety regulators fined a Johnson County-based company, K&W Underground, for violations in a deadly trench collapse last year ...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced an update to its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on preventing trenching and excavation collapses. OSHA Puts Emphasis ...

On Oct. 1, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) officially kicked off its National Emphasis Program (NEP) targeting trenching and excavation. It’s not too hard to figure out why.

In the wake of a rise in fatal trenching cave-ins, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun a targeted education and enforcement program to try to reverse the trend. The ...

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.

SALEM TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- The contracting company who employed the man killed in a trench collapse Thursday has been cited for trench hazards before, according to documents from the Occupational Safety ...

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 ...

After investigating a trench collapse that resulted in a worker’s death, OSHA alleges that the contractor might have prevented the fatal injuries if it had used trench safety protection measures. The ...