An El Paso contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old employee from suffering fatal injuries in February by following federally required safety standards to avoid trench collapses, according to the ...

After investigating a trench collapse that resulted in a worker’s death, OSHA alleges that the contractor might have prevented the fatal injuries if it had used trench safety protection measures. The ...

In the first six months of 2022, 22 workers died from trench hazards, according to OSHA. In 2021, only 15 workers died the entire year from these hazards. With these numbers, OSHA announced an ...

OSHA is taking action to protect people who work do trench and excavation work due to the high hazards at these sites. In 2022’s first six months, 22 workers have fallen victim to the deadly hazards, ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today signed an agreement with an alliance of trade organizations, labor unions and industry stakeholders to ...

A Breese contractor has been issued multiple penalties for trench cave-in violations. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Labor, Groundworks Contracting Inc. of Breese was cited ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Kevin Sullivan, Occupational Safety and Health Administration area director in Westbury. Summer is approaching and with it comes all the great things we love ...

With construction projects, there are multiple risks to consider when on a jobsite. Let’s look at two of the most dangerous jobs—trenching and excavation. In 2022, 39 people died while doing trenching ...

Superman Corp.—a Tamuning, Guam-based company that specializes in multi-family residential construction projects—is now in the crosshairs of OSHA after recurrent safety violations were identified at a ...

The man killed when a trench collapsed as he installed cesspool rings outside a Head of the Harbor home was employed by a Bay Shore masonry company previously fined $10,000 for six safety violations, ...