This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of ...

After 11 trench-related fatalities this year, OSHA is calling on employers to implement proven safeguards to prevent collapses and protect workers from deadly excavation hazards. Following a series of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon state officials overseeing workplace safety fined a Hillsboro company more than $80,000 after an unsafe trench was discovered on a work site earlier this month, ...

Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that a 61-year-old employee of Jerlow Construction, Edmond, Oklahoma, died when a 9-foot-deep trench collapsed in ...

OSHA has reported a significant drop in workplace fatalities requiring investigation in the past year, attributed to intensified safety enforcement and increased collaboration. According to a recent ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Kevin Sullivan, Occupational Safety and Health Administration area director in Westbury. Summer is approaching and with it comes all the great things we love ...

Millions of workers in the United States (US) are injured on the job annually. However, accurately determining the true rate of occupational injuries remains a challenge due to gaps in existing ...