Trench Collapse Articles

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...

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

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 steps you and your work crews must plan...

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 things you and your work crews must plan...

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...

On May 1, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new standards aimed at increasing protections for construction workers in...

Emergency crews in Nogales, Arizona, were called to a house that flooded as a result of a wastewater backup Fourth of July...

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...

Yet another industry professional was severely injured by a trench collapse. Bill Galena of Filers Plumbing and Heating in Grove City, Penn.,...

Trench collapses kill, but thankfully, the quick actions of emergency responders saved the life of a construction worker who was buried when...