Recent Trench Collapses Highlight the Importance of Safety

With June being National Safety Month, and this week in particular the National Utility Contractors Association putting the focus on trench safety, it’s worth highlighting two recent job site incidents. On June 5 in Baltimore, a 15-foot-deep trench collapsed and killed 20-year-old construction worker Kyle Hancock. The proper safety shoring wasn’t installed in the trench Hancock was working in, according to authorities. He was fixing a sewer line when the walls caved in. Rescue personnel retrieved two other workers who were trying to save Hancock without incident, but spent 10 hours digging before they found Hancock’s body. Baltimore officials suspended work on $16 million