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Strategies to Prevent Trenching-Related Injuries and Deaths

Research report on safety interventions and strategies to prevent trenching-related injuries and deaths....

NIOSH Trench Safety Awareness Training

A link to Trench Safety Awareness, an interactive CD-ROM which uses text, video clips, and photos to offer basic training on working in trenches...

OSHA: Working safely in trenches

A handout that has safety tips for working safely in trenches. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' button to access the other items....

Do Not Enter an Unprotected Trench (Poster)

A poster that has safety tips for working safely in trenches. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' button to access the other items....

Alert C18: Manhole and pipe installation using backhoes

Describes a fatal incident where a worker inside the installed sections of a manhole was killed when the assembly and the manhole section fell and hit...

2005 OSHA Resource Center Loan Program

OSHA announcement about a loan program for Spanish safety training videos. Includes information on how to apply as well as a list of available videos...

An Analysis of Fatal Events in the Construction Industry 2003

Descriptions of the 707 fatal events inspected by OSHA resulting from accidents which occurred in construction during calendar year 2003....

An Analysis of Fatal Events in the Construction Industry 2002

Descriptions of the 719 fatal events inspected by OSHA resulting from accidents which occurred in construction during calendar year 2002....

NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook, 2004: Excerpts

An excerpt from a chartbook that includes figures and tables describing the magnitude, distribution, and trends of the Nation’s occupational injurie...

OSHA: Hazards of Unintended release of Buckets from Quick Couplers on Hydraulic Excavators

Describes a number of fatal accidents caused by the unexpected release of an excavator bucket from a quick coupling device on a hydraulic excavator an...