A proposed "trenching alliance" would provide experts to help with mentorship and training on safer trenching.

The Easton concrete and earthwork contractor was cited last year as a result of an investigation into a workplace fatality.

Trench projects are often highly complex – especially if they involve existing utilities, unstable soils or water systems.

A Connecticut earthwork contractor is facing more than $1.2 million in fines after federal safety inspectors found the company continued to expose workers to dangerous excavation hazards despite a ...

A contractor whose worker died two years ago at a New Canaan excavation site has been cited and fined by the U.S. Department of Labor, officials say. The agency’s Occupational Safety and Health ...

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 ...

There’s a famous saying, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” It’s commonly accredited to Mark Twain, but likely it's one of those ...