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There’s a reason OSHA lists this as one of the ‘fatal four’!
OSHA reports there have been 11 trench-related fatalities in 2025.
The day of its news release, a worker died in a cave-in in Arizona, bringing the total number of deaths to at least 12.
That’s the same number of deaths OSHA had reported for 2024 in November of last year, when it said it was encouraged by the decline from previous years..
In all, there were 13 trench-collapse deaths in 2024, according to OSHA and media reports – a decline from 15 in 2023 and 2022’s record 39 fatalities.
Trench collapse are rarely survivable. One cubic yard of soil can weigh up to 3,000 lbs. – the weight of a small automobile – giving a worker in a trench little chance of survival when walls of soil collapse.
2 CEU
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