H&E Equipment Services (H&E) has entered into the specialty rental business by adding a trench safety product line and establishing an exclusive partnership with GroundWorks Safety Systems ...

Trench projects are often highly complex – especially if they involve existing utilities, unstable soils or water systems.

More than 250 workers have died in what experts say are preventable trench collapses over the last decade — with at least 20 fatalities in Texas. Critics say laws aren't enforced sufficiently.

The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) has designated June 2024 as "Trench Safety Month," emphasizing the importance of safety in trench and excavation work. Highlighting this initiative ...

TO KNOW TO STAY SAFE. NEW AT NOON JUNE IS TRENCH SAFETY MONTH AND TRENCH RESCUES HAPPEN HERE. MORE OFTEN THAN YOU THINK. TODAY IN THE NORTH HILLS THERE WAS A LIVE RESCUE DEMONSTRATION IN PITTSBURGH’S ...

There’s a famous saying, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” It’s commonly accredited to Mark Twain, but likely it's one of those ...

Police have charged an equipment operator and a construction company owner in connection with a fatal trench collapse at a Vernon construction site in 2022 that killed a 56-year-old husband and father ...

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 ...

Following a trench collapse in Macon, Georgia, that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old worker and severe injuries to another, OSHA has proposed penalties totaling $308,125 against Pyles Plumbing ...

A Washington contractor has been fined $437,591 in the death of a worker last year killed when a trench collapsed on him. Surjit Gill, 36, was killed on a project in Renton, Washington, in September ...