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, ...

A Connecticut concrete and earthwork contractor faces up to $394,000 in fines in connection with a fatal trench collapse in December 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Sound Construction ...

SD 8-1-1, OSHA and AGC of South Dakota hosted a trench safety stand down in Rapid City with hands-on demos on excavation ...

With construction projects, there are multiple risks to consider when on a jobsite. Let’s look at two of the most dangerous jobs—trenching and excavation. In 2022, 39 people died while doing trenching ...