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Sunstate Equipment expands trench shoring division with acquisition of Cascade businesses

Sunstate Equipment expanded its trench shoring division with the acquisition of Cascade Shoring and Cascade Trench Safety. Details on Equipment World.

November 26, 2020

Safety

H&E to sell trench boxes that can be assembled in under 15 minutes

H&E Equipment Services partners with GroundWorks Safety System to bring easy to assemble trench boxes to the U.S. market. Details on Equipment World.

November 25, 2020

Construction Equipment

Volvo makes trench work safer with new pipelayer kit for excavators

Note: This story was updated October 29 with more details about the pipelaying kit as well as a video. Volvo Construction Equipment has a new attachment kit that allows its 14-ton excavators to be converted into rotating pipelayers and also improve trench safety. The pipelaying boom can be attached to the excavator’s main boom in […]

October 27, 2020

Safety

RES faces $500K in fines, lawsuit after fatal trench collapse

A contractor on a wind farm project in Washington and its affiliate face $555,674 in fines after a trench collapse killed one worker and injured another.

July 23, 2020

Safety

Worker injured in Fla. trench collapse; $54K penalty issued

Duke Energy Florida faces a proposed penalty of $53,976 after a worker was injured in a trench collapse.

June 30, 2020

The Dirt

The Dirt #06: Doosan Selling Off Equipment Biz? + RDO’s Dennis Howard Talks Equipment Demand, De-Tiering Challanges

In this week’s episode of The Dirt we talk about new details from OSHA on the leading causes for trenching citations, Ford’s announcement surrounding its electric F-150, and a surprise story out of South Korea that Doosan is exploring the possibility of selling off its equipment business…or at least half of it. We also talk […]

June 22, 2020

Safety

Ga. contractor hit with $134,937 trench penalty has history of violations

With three violations in the past five years, Construction Management & Engineering Services faces a $134,937 fine for lack of trench cave-in protection.

June 19, 2020

Safety

OSHA reveals leading causes of trench violations in construction

Excavation violations were the sixth-leading cause of citations issued on construction sites by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration in fiscal year 2019.

June 15, 2020

Safety

Two workers killed after trench collapse in Mississippi

Two workers died after a trench collapse May 19 in Starkville, Mississippi. Zachary Wayne Osbourn, 36, and William Kizzire, 19, both from Alabama, were on a residential sewer installation job for Southern Civil Contracting of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, when the 10- to 12-foot-deep trench they were in collapsed, according to news reports. Osbourn died at the […]

May 28, 2020

Safety

National Trench Safety Stand Down coming in June

Hundreds of jobsites around the country will take part in the annual Trench Safety Stand Down week to be held June 15-19. Sponsored by the National Utility Contractors Association, this year’s event marks the first time it will be part of the inaugural Trench Safety Month. “Making this June Trench Safety Month emphasizes the valuable […]

May 21, 2020

Safety

Florida contractor faces $300K penalty: Workers in unsafe trenches, exposed to raw sewage

OSHA issues citations to the Florida construction company for trench violations and exposure to raw sewage without protection. Details on Equipment World.

April 28, 2020

Safety

7 trench collapse deaths reported so far in 2020 in separate cases in NY, NC, TX, OH, WA, NJ

There have been seven trench collapse deaths so far in 2020. Learn more about these trench collapses and each tragic death here on Equipment World.

March 5, 2020