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 ...

A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found that a Birmingham area construction company willfully exposed workers to trench collapse hazards at a Jefferson County worksite, federal safety ...

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 ...

A recent inspection uncovered unprotected trench work at a Beaverton construction site, prompting state officials to issue citations for multiple safety failures. The Oregon Occupational Safety and ...

Dec. 18—An Easton contractor found to have violated several workplace safety regulations that led to an employee’s death has been cited again, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Read today’s ...

Trenching safety hazards at two Massachusetts work sites have led to $166,950 in proposed fines for a Methuen, Mass., contractor. OSHA cited L. Perrina Construction Co. Inc. for a total of 23 alleged ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A construction company failed to protect its workers when a trench collapsed in a San Francisco neighborhood and a 24-year-old worker was buried alive, state officials said.

An inspection prompted by a whistleblower complaint has led to OSHA citing DKS Structural Services Inc., doing business as Don Kennedy and Sons House Moving Co., for four trenching violations. The ...

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 ...

The head of the nation’s top workplace safety regulator wants to start filling 180 vacant safety inspector positions as part ...