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When you’re working in a live sewer line, a pipe plug failure is more than an inconvenience, it’s an emergency. Workers performing sewer line maintenance, testing or repairs have...

Protecting people working inside trenches and other excavations against cave-ins is critically important, as many cave-ins are not survivable.

Understanding the three types of soil OSHA recognizes is one of the first steps to performing safer trench and excavation work.

Choosing the right protective system is critical to keeping workers safe in trenches and other excavations. Shoring and shielding are two types of OSHA-approved systems. While...

When excavation spoil piles are located too close to the excavation or left uncontrolled, they can pose serious safety risks, including excavation collapse and worker injury or...

Working underground is extremely dangerous. Trench collapses occur with alarming frequency and are often fatal. It is essential that people who supervise such work, as well as the...

High-load-capacity hydraulic struts offer the same level of shoring protection as welded steel pipes while slashing installation time and boosting safety. They are fast and easy to...

Underground utility strikes during excavation operations can be dangerous and costly. The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) reported 203,000 such strikes in the U.S. and Canada during...

Veteran construction workers can pass a lot of valuable information down to newer employees, but when it comes to following OSHA’s trench safety regulations, it’s wise to...

There’s no time to waste if something goes wrong in a confined space. If a worker gets hurt or the gas detector alarm sounds, you’ll need to immediately execute your confined space...