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Safety & Compliance

Safety
2 Workers Die in South Carolina After Run Over by Construction Equipment
One was struck by a skid steer and another by a milling machine when the machines were backing up.
June 26, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
Worker Dies After Collapse of 5-Foot-Deep Trench in Connecticut
He was rescued from the trench collapse but later died at a local hospital.
June 19, 2025
Michael DiRocco leaves behind four children and eight grandchildren after his death June 13 in a trench collapse in Norwich, Connecticut.
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Safety & Compliance
1 Worker Dies, 1 Injured When Hit by Excavator Buckets in Trenches in CA, WA
Within a month, two workers in trenches were struck by excavator buckets. One in California died, while one in Washington was severely injured.
June 16, 2025
A worker was in a 15-foot-deep trench June 3 in Woodland, Washington, when an excavator bucket landed on him, causing traumatic injury, according to fire department and media reports.
Construction Equipment
A Guide to Trench Boxes: Here's What Contractors Need to Know
We take a look the types of trench boxes on the market, how to choose one and how to use them properly.
June 16, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
Contractor, Excavator Operator Sentenced to Probation After Deadly Trench Collapse
The men pleaded guilty this month to second-degree manslaughter after their friend and co-worker was buried alive in 2022.
May 29, 2025
Trench boxes are viewed as the safest way to protect workers from cave-ins, but one was not in use in 2022 when 56-year-old Dennis Slater was buried alive in Vernon, Connecticut.
Safety & Compliance
Missouri AG Sues Utility for Alleged Unmarked Gas Line Before Deadly Explosion
The suit alleges Liberty Utilities falsely told an excavator all its gas pipes had been properly marked before an explosion killed a 5-year-old boy.
May 13, 2025
An explosion April 9 in Lexington, Missouri, killed a 5-year-old boy after a fiber-optic subcontractor struck a natural-gas line. The AG is suiing the utility for allegedly failing to mark the gas line and telling the subcontractor that all its lines had been marked before digging started.
Safety & Compliance
AT&T Fined $60K for Failure to Timely Locate Buried Lines in Kansas
The violations cover 60 occasions within a month in which the company missed the state's two-day deadline.
May 9, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
NTSB: Gas Line Struck Before Deadly Missouri Explosion Wasn't Marked by Locator
An explosion killed a 5-year-old boy after a subcontractor hit a natural-gas line that a new NTSB report says was not marked by the utility locator.
May 7, 2025
An explosion April 9 in Lexington, Missouri, that killed a 5-year-old boy followed a subcontractor striking a natural-gas line that a new NTSB report said was not marked by the utility locator.
Safety & Compliance
Contractor, Equipment Operator Plead Guilty to Manslaughter after Trench Death
The 56-year-old worker was in an 8-foot-deep, 135-foot-long trench guiding a pipe installation when the cave-in occurred.
April 7, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
California Contractor Fined $157K After Worker Dies in Trench Collapse
The penalty comes a month after the state fined two contractors $530,000 for a worker getting seriously injured in a trench collapse.
March 25, 2025
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Safety
Trench-Safety Advocate, Mother of Victim Cindy Hess Dies in Apparent Accident
She became an outspoken advocate for trench safety after her son Zach Hess died in a trench collapse in 2017 at age 25.
March 13, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
A Week in the Trenches: 2 Workers Rescued; 2 Workers Die; 1 Contractor Fined
Two workers died in a trench collapse in Maryland; two were rescued in Michigan, and a Tennessee contractor was fined after a fatal cave-in.
March 6, 2025
Emergency responders work to rescue workers trapped in trench collapse in Michigan
Safety & Compliance
Trench Collapses: Contractors Fined $530K in Calif.; 2 Die in S.C., Mich.
Between February 10-17, two contractors in California were fined a total $530,000, and workers died in cave-ins in Michigan and South Carolina.
February 19, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
Construction Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Charge Related to Trench Death
A 46-year-old worker was in a 9-foot-deep trench to locate a sewer line when it collapsed May 4, 2021, in Mamaroneck, New York.
February 12, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
Operator Drowns After Amphibious Excavator Tips Over; Contractor Fined
The 26-year-old operator was trapped underwater, and his former employer faces four serious violations.
January 15, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
New Construction PPE Rule Requiring “Proper Fit” Takes Effect
OSHA says it addresses “a longstanding industry safety concern, particularly among some women as well as among physically smaller or larger workers.”
January 14, 2025
woman man in construction PPE on construction site looking at tablet
Safety & Compliance
4 Contractors Face 6-Figure Fines for Trench Violations in Florida, Maine, Texas
Proposed OSHA penalties totaling a combined $632,000 have been issued for trench violations since November 13.
January 10, 2025
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Dozers
Details Released in Death of Dozer Operator Buried Under Coal Pile
The 24-year-old operator was pushing coal from a pile into the feeder when the dozer fell off the edge of the pile.
January 7, 2025
Cody Jordan who died in dozer accident at Georgetown SC power plant with family
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