Last fiscal year, 2022, there were two non-fatal excavation related cave-ins in the
Houston area. In July 2022, OSHA put out a press release indicating that trenching and
excavation related fatalities had significantly increased Nationally compared to the
year before.
We are one month into the new fiscal 2023 year and there have been two
trench cave-ins which resulted in fatalities. Every trench has the potential to be
deadly. Following the basics of trench safety can prevent further deaths and injuries.
Read Hazard Alert on Trenches