A military veteran in Oregon on his way home in his motorized wheelchair fell into a construction trench and suffered fatal ...

A proposed "trenching alliance" would provide experts to help with mentorship and training on safer trenching.

"Just the fact that my uncle had to see his son taken away like that, it all kind of just hit us," said Claudia Ramirez, a ...

A contractor in Kent will be fined more than $400,000 for violating safety regulations which the Washington state Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) says led to the death of a construction worker.

Millions of federal dollars are pouring into infrastructure projects nationwide. That means thousands more construction workers will install sewer lines, pipes or cables, and trenches dug deep into ...

HEMSI, along with Huntsville Fire Rescue, are currently responding to a trench collapse at a commercial construction site in Huntsville Monday afternoon.

A Texas construction company that was one of scores across the country whose employees have died after trenches they were working in collapsed, reached a plea deal Tuesday with prosecutors.

A contractor awaiting trial on a felony homicide charge in the death of a worker in a collapsed Mamaroneck trench was allowed to plead guilty Friday, Feb. 7 to a misdemeanor. Michael Conway, 60, ...

In 2022's first six months, 22 workers have fallen victim to the deadly hazards present in trenching and excavation work – surpassing 15 in all of 2021 – and prompting the U.S. Department of Labor's ...

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.