2022 Trench Safety Stand Down

2022 Trench Safety Stand Down Season Concludes Industry-Wide Event Reinforced Safety Training, Education (Fairfax, Virginia) – The National Utility Contractors Association’s (NUCA) Trench Safety Stand Down (TSSD) for 2022 officially ended on September 30. This year’s industry-wide event held in June reinforced a basic fact to all attendees: safety training is critical to a well-functioning […]

OSHA Resource – Trench Collapse Prevention Video

In the U.S., more than 800 construction workers die every year while on the job. One of the most dangerous types of construction work is trenching, which kills, on average, 40 workers every year. Workers can suffer death or serious injury within minutes of being caught in a trench cave-in. But these deaths can be […]