United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), the world’s largest equipment rental company, has launched its Excavation Safety Training for Competent Persons Prog ...

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of ...

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of ...

Students and professors at the University of Tennessee uncovered remnants of a Civil War trench in the heart of campus ...

When contractors and municipalities face excavation challenges that are beyond the capabilities of their own fleet trench safety equipment, they must rely on rental equipment to fill in the gaps.

Trevor Kilgore was buried and injured when the utility trench he was working in collapsed. He says his employers broke ...

An Iowa man is suing after he says he was buried alive by dirt while working at a construction site. On June 12, 2023, Trevor ...

In one week, U.S. Department of Labor safety inspectors found two contractors working in Jacksonville and Daytona Beach, Florida, willfully exposing employees to one of the construction industry's ...

Two Florida contractors were cited and face a combined $363,000 in penalties for exposing workers to trench and excavation collapses and cave-ins, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...

A worker was buried alive under dirt in a workplace accident in Iowa, according to a lawsuit. Photo from civil complaint. An ...

Trevor Kilgore was employed by Edwards Enterprises during the incident which he says he still feels the effects of daily.