OSHA intervenes in time to protect workers from trench collapse

OSHA Compliance Officer Eliseo Hernandez and Assistant Area Director Joseph Roesler were on their way to an inspection near Auburn, Ala., when they noticed an open excavation where workers were not protected from cave-ins. The excavation was approximately 5 and 1/2 feet deep where two employees were working under an excavator bucket connecting a water line. Just after Hernandez removed the employees from the hazard, the wall of the excavation collapsed. This incident demonstrates the importance of OSHA's Trenching and Excavation National Emphasis Program.


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