How can the US reduce its high level of trench and excavation deaths?

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

19 April 2023

A total of 39 people died doing trench or excavation work in the US in 2022 – more than double the number of fatalities in that type of work than in 2021.

The figures illustrate the continuation of a troubling trend in what can – but crucially doesn’t have to…

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