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...
Entries Tagged Trench Collapse
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Worker Dies Installing Sewer Lines
A 61-year-old plumber died after a trench in which he was working collapsed on him. Jim Spencer of Minatare, Nebraska, was installing...
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Sewer Line Repair Turns to Tragedy
Two men are dead and another was injured after an 11-foot deep trench collapsed in Hays, Kansas. A crew from locally based...
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14 Steps to Ensure Safety In and Around Trenches and Excavations — Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 steps you and your work crews must plan...
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14 Steps to Ensure Safety In and Around Trenches and Excavations — Part 1
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 things you and your work crews must plan...
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Rescue Crews Free Contractor Trapped in Sewer
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...
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What You Need to Know About Confined Space Entry
On May 1, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new standards aimed at increasing protections for construction workers in...
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From Drug Smugglers to Snakes: The Top 10 Stories of 2015
Emergency crews in Nogales, Arizona, were called to a house that flooded as a result of a wastewater backup Fourth of July...
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Contractor Fined $14,000 in Worker’s Drowning Death
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Massachusetts contractor for two serious violations of workplace safety standards after a...
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Contractor Killed in Trench With No Cave-In Protection
The owner of a Wisconsin construction company was killed Nov. 10 when a 10-foot-deep trench he was working in caved in and...
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Sewer Worker Killed in Trench Collapse
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a Pennsylvania sewer worker who was killed when a 12-foot-deep trench...
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Another Worker Hospitalized in Trench Collapse
Yet another industry professional was severely injured by a trench collapse. Bill Galena of Filers Plumbing and Heating in Grove City, Penn.,...
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Worker survives trench collapse
Trench collapses kill, but thankfully, the quick actions of emergency responders saved the life of a construction worker who was buried when...
















