What’s at Stake?

Excavations and trenches more than 4-5 ft/1.2-1.5 m deep (depending on your federal, state, and provincial regulations) require a protective system is in place to protect workers from cave-ins. If a protective system isn’t in place – don’t enter the excavation. Look out for your safety and the safety of your co-workers and don’t become another buried body of an excavation cave-in.

 What’s the Danger?

Danny Meggison was an experienced trench worker, but while working in 9-foot (2.7m) deep unprotected trench - a wall of dirt collapsed. He was buried alive under more than a ton of dirt.  He left his […]