No matter where the quote’s origins, it’s still true – especially in trench safety as hazards are born out of misinformation and false knowledge. OSHA’s webpage on trenching and excavation ...

“We will continue to enforce trench-safety regulations, hold employers accountable and work to ensure that safety standards are upheld to protect workers.” A representative of the company did ...

A Connecticut contractor and equipment operator pleaded guilty April 4 to second-degree manslaughter after a worker died in a trench collapse in 2022.

Botticello owns Botticello Inc., and Locke was the equipment operator working near Slater at the time of the trench collapse. A joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational ...

SAN DIEGO — A construction company has been issued $157,500 worth of fines over a predawn trench collapse that killed a 27-year-old laborer last summer at a work site in Scripps Ranch, state ...

A. Rasic Construction for multiple violations of workplace safety regulations following a fatal trench collapse. The incident resulted in the tragic death of an employee working in an unprotected ...

Therefore, there is a need to emphasise adherence to national safety regulations as set out in the law,” he said. On February 27, a distress call reporting the trench collapse was received by ...