Safe Excavation Work Essentials Workers frequently aren't aware of the hazard potential and are not properly trained to identify safety issues. By Stephen V. Magyar, Jr., MBA, CSP Mar 01, 2006 ...

Two repeat violations were cited for failing to provide a means of safe access and egress during trenching and excavation work and to conduct daily inspections of the excavation site to identify and ...

Quoting from a recent OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Fact Sheet seems a good way to introduce the topic of trench safety. “Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous ...

OSHA has cited SER Construction Partners Ltd., Pasadena, Texas, with three safety violations totaling $79,900 in fines for exposing workers at a Houston construction site to excavation hazards. SER ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Horseshoe Construction Inc., based in La Porte, with one willful, two serious, one repeat and one ...

OSHA has fined the West Decatur, Pa., excavation company nearly $179,000 for exposing workers to trenching hazards in unprotected trenches. OSHA cited Lumadue Excavating LLC for 12 alleged safety ...

According to OSHA, two workers are killed every month in trenching operations. To address the hazards of excavation work, the agency has released new guidance materials, including a fact sheet, a ...

An employer installing sanitation sewer pipes in a 15-foot-deep trench in Batavia, Ohio, exposed its employees to the hazard of collapsing walls by not installing trench safety boxes. An investigator ...

Excavation equipment should not be operated or stored where it can create a potential cave-in problem. Safe egress or rescue operations should not be blocked by materials or equipment stored outside ...