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Tag: trenching accidents

Safety
Contractors fined $265K for trench collapses, including fatal cave-ins in Ala., Miss.
This year is starting out to be a costly one for contractors cited for trench violations by the U.S. Occupational Health & Safety Administration. OSHA issued proposed penalties totaling $264,670 in January for five separate trench collapses, including cave-ins in Alabama that killed two workers and one in Mississippi that killed one worker. OSHA reported […]
February 11, 2020
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Treacherous trenching Knowing the guidelines keeps you out of harm’s way The accident: Two laborers were installing water lines in a 9-foot-deep, 7-foot-wide trench with vertical walls. A corner of the trench collapsed, pinning one worker under a large chunk of dirt. The other laborer tried to move the dirt while an excavator operator attempted […]
February 2, 2011
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