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Safety
El Paso company fined $190K for unsafe trench, its fifth trench violation in 2 years
OSHA fines El Paso Underground Construction $190,642 for failure to protect workers from possible trench collapse. Get the details on Equipment World.
August 9, 2018
Death by Trench
Dirt doesn’t discriminate: Experienced and inexperienced workers vulnerable to trench collapse
When it comes to trench collapses, the company hierarchy and job site experience will not matter at the time of the accident. Details on trench collapse here.
August 7, 2018
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February 19, 2025
Business
Ohio contractor fined for trench death now charged with murder for alleged shooting
Contractor Gerald P. Koller, owner of JK Excavating and Utilities, has been charged with shooting and killing a 28-year-old man. Click to read more about this.
August 6, 2018
Safety
Make trench safety reminders prevalent on your jobsite with OSHA’s free “Slope It. Shore It. Shield It.” stickers
OSHA's message is simple: "Slope it. Shore it. Shield it." Provide trench safety reminders on jobsites easily with OSHA's new stickers.
August 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Iowa DOT testing audible warnings on attenuators to better protect road crews
The Iowa Department of Transportation is trying a new type of attenuator to protect workers & drivers in work zones, &, as the agency reports, so far, so good.
July 26, 2018
Safety
OSHA cites Karrenbrock Excavating $189K for repeated trench safety violations
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Karrenbrock Excavating is a repeat offender when it comes to trench safety violations.
July 25, 2018
Roadbuilding
Walsh & Kelly paving company receives safety award from national AGC chapter
Walsh & Kelly received a certificate of safety from the Associated General Contractors for its impressive safety rating. More details on the certificate here.
July 25, 2018
Death by Trench
OSHA issues $200K in fines for trench violations on Hawaii water project
A water utility in Honolulu has been fined nearly $200,000 for failing to protect workers from possible trench collapse, says U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
July 19, 2018
Death by Trench
Average initial OSHA fine for a trench death in 2016-17: $52,383
Editor’s Note: This story was updated in July to reflect newly released OSHA fines. OSHA fined Atlantic Drain Service nearly $1.5 million for the Boston trench collapse that killed Kelvin (Chuck) Mattocks and Robert Joseph Higgins on Oct. 25, 2016. The Atlantic Drain fine, however, is an extreme outlier. Looking at available records during 2016-2017, […]
July 17, 2018
Safety
Does your jobsite have a safety culture or paperwork culture?
In the 10-year period from 2003 to 2013, there were more construction workers killed on the job in the United States than American soldiers killed in Iraq: 10,957 construction workers died vs. 4,512 fatalities in Iraq. Granted, there were fewer soldiers in Iraq than construction workers here. But still, lots of bad people were trying […]
July 17, 2018
Death by Trench
The evolution of trench protection systems and how to choose the right one
The basics of trench protection pre-date OSHA’s 1989 regulation, yet many contractors still act like it's a mystery. More information on trench protection here.
July 4, 2018
Death by Trench
First on the Scene: Trench rescues are methodical, labor intensive and often unsuccessful
“Not a hell of a lot of people survive it.” That’s the assessment of Fire Chief Cecil “Buddy” Martinette Jr. of Wilmington, North Carolina, the author of the textbook “Trench Rescue” and a frequently cited expert on rescue training. “A majority of people out there who install underground utilities do it according to the book,” […]
July 2, 2018
Safety
House bill would cut funding to OSHA and MSHA, increase NIOSH budget
As part of a draft funding bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) would receive modest budget cuts in fiscal year 2019, Safety + Health reports. The draft bill allocates $545.3 […]
June 29, 2018
Death by Trench
Expect more criminal charges in trench deaths
Jay Herzmark had never tried to get anyone arrested before. But when the retired industrial hygienist from the University of Washington’s Environmental Health and Safety Department found out a worker had died in a trench collapse in his county, he felt something had to be done. “No one should die in a trench,” he says. […]
June 28, 2018
Safety
OSHA’s 5 most popular construction safety videos: trenches, silicosis, falls and heat illness
The videos focus on such topics as trench safety; silicosis; construction-related falls; and preventing heat illness. Watch these videos and more here.
June 27, 2018
Death by Trench
Not So Great Escapes: Trench collapse survivors live with fear, disabilities, recriminations
It was going to be an easy fix. The backhoe operator had clipped a small drainage pipe, and water poured into the 6 ½-foot trench. As the operator scooped the water out of the trench, Eric Giguere watched. No problem. They’d get the pipe fixed, and Giguere would be off on his honeymoon. He went […]
June 26, 2018
Safety
OSHA fines Ohio’s JK Excavating & Utilities $201,201 for trench-collapse death
OSHA placed JK Excavating in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program and issued four citations and penalties for violations to OSHA. Details here.
June 25, 2018
Death by Trench
Families of trench collapse victims find few answers to “Why?”
“I wanted to go to the site, and no one would take me.” But Cheryl Spencer insisted. She was there behind the police tape when first responders recovered her husband, Jimmy Dale Spencer, at 4:35 p.m. on March 21, 2016, she says. The 61-year-old died in an 8-foot trench in Alliance, Nebraska. The morning of […]
June 22, 2018
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