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An “unprotected” trench claimed the life of a Rooter-Man employee last month when he went back to pick up a shovel. OSHA said the 10- or 11-foot trench had no shoring or benching with no metal inside.
Jacob Casher was part of a four-man crew relocating sewer lines at a...