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Safety
How to Prevent Death by Trench Collapse – Stand Down Set for June 16-20
Last year, 24,198 employees participated in the Stand Down on 2,143 jobsites. Here’s how to participate and how to protect workers in trenches.
June 12, 2025
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Florida Crane Collapse Kills 2 Construction Workers
The 34- and 57-year-old men were pouring a concrete column when part of the crane fell on top of them.
June 9, 2025
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Survey: 60% of Contractors Experienced a Highway Work Zone Crash in the Last 12 Months
Nearly one-third of contractors responding to the AGC survey said five or more crashes had occurred on their jobsites.
June 5, 2025
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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
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AWP Safety’s Automated Flaggers Help Keep Road Workers Out of Harm’s Way
The auto flaggers are designed to fully replace human flaggers to keep workers farther away from traffic.
May 12, 2025
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4 Powerline Workers Killed, 3 Injured in Dump Truck Crash in North Carolina
The driver of the city-owned truck was cited with running a stop sign and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle.
April 29, 2025
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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
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Safety & Compliance
Widow Wins $8.5M Settlement After Worker Run Over by Dump Truck
Her lawyer uncovered drug use by the driver, destruction of evidence, and negligence, according to court records.
February 20, 2025
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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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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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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
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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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Safety
Florida Construction Worker Dies After Pinned Under Tandem Roller
Officers were able to pull the 62-year-old worker out from under the machine, but he did not survive the accident.
January 9, 2025
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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
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