Shallow trenching at the Vrela-Kremin trend returns 14 meters at 7.78% ZnEq within a broader interval of 27 meters at 4.63% ...

In the wake of a rise in fatal trenching cave-ins, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun a targeted education and enforcement program to try to reverse the trend. The ...

Trenches don’t have to be dangerous. With proper shoring, appropriate atmospheric monitoring, the knowledge of an educated and experienced “competent person” and employee training, tragedies involving ...

Excavations and trenches have become so commonplace on work sites that some employers and employees have developed a sense of complacency with some of the most basic requirements of excavation safety.

From 2000−2009, 350 workers died in trenching or excavation cave-ins—an av¬erage of 35 fatalities per year. Jun 13, 2011 NIOSH recently released a fact sheet detailing how to prevent worker deaths ...

Investment to help accelerate delivery of offshore energy projects, including three German North Sea contracts and cable ...

Trenching and excavation are two of the most hazardous operations within the construction industry. In the first six months of 2022, 22 workers died during trenching and excavation work, surpassing ...