Entries Tagged Accident

A sewer worker and a driver were both killed in a traffic accident in Porter, Texas, on April 26. Paul Mackedanz, 23, was...

For directional drilling contractors, safety is paramount on the job site. It’s not only about keeping workers protected from potential hazards, but...

I am constantly asked, "What’s going to happen to me, or my company with OSHA or the Department of Labor if I have a...

Twenty-one-year-old Jacob Casher was still a “new guy” employed by a Beaver, Pennsylvania-based plumbing company when he left home for work in September...

A 61-year-old plumber died after a trench in which he was working collapsed on him. Jim Spencer of Minatare, Nebraska, was installing...

Every year, heedless waterjetting contractors needlessly expose their employees to serious injuries — possibly even death — and make their companies vulnerable to...

A 65-year-old worker died earlier this month after falling 50 feet into an open manhole. The man was part of a crew...

Two men are dead and another was injured after an 11-foot deep trench collapsed in Hays, Kansas. A crew from locally based...

A plumbing contractor in Oakland, California, survived being trapped up to his waist in sand and dirt in a 15-foot-deep hole for nearly...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Massachusetts contractor for two serious violations of workplace safety standards after a...

The owner of a Wisconsin construction company was killed Nov. 10 when a 10-foot-deep trench he was working in caved in and...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a Pennsylvania sewer worker who was killed when a 12-foot-deep trench...

Josephina Guzman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.An underground explosion shot a nearly 300-pound manhole cover through the floor of...

Anyone involved in safety is familiar with Heinrich’s Law: For every 330 incidents, there will be 300 with no injuries, 29 minor...