Brian Gettemeier, Mike Shafferkoetter and Matt Wilcox construct an easy-to-follow explanation of the equipment and steps that are involved in protecting victims and responders during a rescue in a ...

The development of local infrastructure in communities nationwide has resulted in a large amount of road and utility work. With this work comes opening of soil—and the hazards of possible trench ...

Two workers in Texas were killed June 28 when the unprotected 20-ft-deep trench they were inside collapsed, as trench shields sat unused beside the excavation. They were the 21st and 22nd workers to ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Just off a busy Jonesboro highway, one is dead after a trench being used to lay fiber collapsed, our content partner Region 8 News reported. Occupational Safety and Health ...

QUEEN CREEK, AZ — An Arizona company is facing a six-figure fine after two workers were seriously injured in a trench collapse in Queen Creek earlier this year. State regulators recently cited and ...

Two workers who were trapped after a trench collapsed while conducting sewer work in Wyandotte were rescued Tuesday night Crews from around Wayne County, including trench rescue teams assisted in the ...

A worker was killed when the shoring surrounding a manhole installation project collapsed in San Antonio, Texas. Read also: What is a protective system for trenches? According to local news reports, ...

MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — 6 News spoke with a family member of the man who died in last Thursday’s trench collapse at Big Ridge State Park in Union County. The rescue and recovery operation ...