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When you’re working in a live sewer line, a pipe plug failure is more than an inconvenience, it’s an emergency. Workers performing sewer line maintenance, testing or repairs have...

Protecting people working inside trenches and other excavations against cave-ins is critically important, as many cave-ins are not survivable.

Understanding the four types of soil OSHA recognizes is one of the first steps to performing safer trench and excavation work.

Choosing the right protective system is critical to keeping workers safe in trenches and other excavations. Trench shoring and trench shielding are two types of OSHA-approved...

When excavation spoil piles are located too close to the excavation or left uncontrolled, they can pose serious safety risks, including excavation collapse and worker injury or...

Working underground is extremely dangerous. Trench collapses occur with alarming frequency and are often fatal. It is essential that people who supervise such work, as well as the...

High-load-capacity hydraulic struts offer the same level of shoring protection as welded steel pipes while slashing installation time and boosting safety. They are fast and easy to...

Steel road plates are an effective way to cover excavations, damaged roads and disturbed walkways, but it’s easy to make a mistake when choosing and using them. Contractors and...

Welding walers and chairs for steel beam excavation bracing is labor intensive and potentially dangerous. Contractors facing tight construction budgets and shortened schedules can...

Underground utility strikes during excavation operations can be dangerous and costly. The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) reported 203,000 such strikes in the U.S. and Canada during...